Paroles de Telephone road

Rain came down in endless sheets of thunder
Lightning bolts split pine trees down to the roots
In the shadow of the astrodome
With a hurricane coming on strong
We used to hit the streets and go swimming in our birthday suits

Skiing in a bar ditch behind a moped
13 stitches on the corner of a sardine can
We were dirt poor houston kids
Our whole family living on the skids
But we always had a nickel for the coming of the ice cream man

Mosquito truck blowing up ddt
Barefoot heathens running wild and free
Air raid buzzer at a noon-day scream
Living in a dream
On telephone road

I used to love them cherry cokes down at the prince's drive-in
And the cheeseburgers tasted so good i like to come untied
There's a chinaberry tree i remember
I used to climb in and out of my window
The night i left was on the day before my grandma died

Sawdust spread out on a dance hall floor
Jukebox ripping at an all-out roar
Barmaid smiling at a 10 cent tip
Living is a trip
On telephone road

Magnolia garden bandstand on the very front row
Johnny cash carl perkins and the killer putting on a show
6 years old and just barely off my daddy's knee
When those rockabilly rebels
Sent the devil running right through me

A drive-in movie in the trunk of my car
One-eyed sailor in an ice house bar
Spit-shine charlie and ol' peg-leg bill
Are dressed up fit to kill
On telephone road

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Brabecue and beer on ice
A salty watermelon slice
At the little taste of paradise
On telephone road