Gulf Coast Highway Lyrics - Modern Art - Tom Russell

Gulf Coast Highway 

He worked the rails 

He worked the rice fields 

With their cool dark wells 

He worked the oil rigs in the 

Gulf of Mexico 

The only thing we've ever owned 

Is this old house here by the road 

And when he dies he says he'll catch 

Some blackbird's wing 

Then he will fly away to Heaven come 

Some sweet blue bonnet spring 

She walked through springtime 

When I was home 

The days were sweet 

The nights were warm 

The seasons change, the jobs would 

Come, the flowers fade 

This old house felt so alone 

When the work took me away 

And when she dies she says, she'll 

Catch some blackbirds wing 

Then she will fly away to Heaven come 

Some sweet blue bonnet spring 

Highway 90 

The jobs are gone 

We tend our garden 

We set the sun 

This is the only place on earth 

Blue bonnets grow 

Once a year they come and go 

At this old house here by the road 

And when we die we say, we'll 

Catch some blackbirds wing 

Then we will fly away to Heaven come 

Some sweet blue bonnet spring 

And when we die we say, we'll 

Catch some blackbirds wing 

We will fly away together come 

Some sweet blue bonnet spring