(Patrick Alger / Gene Levine / Fred Koller). . Your phone call took me by surprise. Gee, it's been a long, long time. Since those hot and humid Texas nights.
Now the Bible tells the story 'bout Adam's rib. How the Lord made a woman for companionship. And the first thing she did was take a bite of that forbidden fruit.
Whistles don't get lonesome, I guess no one told Hank. You never know that might have been the reason why he drank. What was Willie smokin' when he wrote Hello Walls'.
On Grafton Street at Christmas time. The elbows push you 'round. This is not my place of memories. I'm a stranger in this town. . And the faces seem familiar.
Your phone call took my by surprise. Gee, it's been a long, long time. Since those hot and humid Texas nights. When we went swimm'n in the tide. . Corpus Christi seems so far away.
There's a lighthouse in the harbor. Giving guidance with its light. But I had no one to return to. As I wandered through the night. . From the first time that I saw you.
She came from Fort Worth, Fort Worth couldn't hold her. Her dreams were bigger than the Texas sky. She's got a one-way ticket on the next bus for Boulder.
On Grafton Street at Christmas time. The elbows push you 'round. This is not my place of memories. I'm a stranger in this town. The faces seem familiar.