Dave Alvin Abilene Lyrics

Abilene Lyrics

Dave Alvin



(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI, Administered by Bug Music)







 



There's a greyhound bus 



Leavin' the great Northwest



Takin' her tonight 



Back down south to Texas



She's been dancing' on tables



To pay rent and be able 



To just get by and maybe stay clean.







Abilene, Abilene



Abilene, Abilene.







Well her daddy'd get drunk



Then he'd hit her hard



And her mama'd lie in bed



High on pills and talkin' to God



But like her beautiful tattoos



These old memories she can't lose



Since she ran away at fifteen.







Abilene, Abilene



There's a town ahead that you've never seen



Maybe it's better if you get off there and try to



Forget everything



Abilene.







Starin' out the window



At the long cold night



Ahead on the horizon



Is another string of bright lights



She's dreamin' of a man she's goin' to meet



In a bar on an Austin street



Maybe this one won't be so mean.







Abilene, Abilene



There's a town ahead that you've never seen



And maybe it's better if you get off there and try to



Forget everything



Abilene.







In a Texas bar there's a man sittin' alone



Thinkin' of a girl he swore he'd wait there for



But he's drinkin' beers and he's feelin' old



Rememberin' every lie he's told



‘Til he changes his mind and he leaves.







Abilene, Abilene



There's a town ahead that you've never seen



Maybe it's better if you get off there and try to



Forget everything 



Abilene, Abilene



Oh Abilene, Abilene.