Emmylou Harris Feat Willie Nelson Gulf Coast Highway Lyrics

Gulf Coast Highway Lyrics

Gulf coast highway, he worked the rails  

 He worked the rice fields with their cold dark wells  

 He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico  

 The only thing we've owned is this old house here by the road  

  

 And when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing  

 And we will fly away to heaven  

 Come some sweet blue bonnet spring  

  

 She walked through springtime when I was home  

 The days were sweet, our nights were warm  

 The seasons changed, the jobs would come  

 The flowers fade, and this old house felt so alone  

 When the work took me away  

  

 And when she dies she says she'll catch some blackbird's wing  

 And she will fly away to heaven  

 Come some sweet blue bonnet spring  

  

 Highway 90, the jobs are gone  

 We kept our garden, we set the sun  

 This is the only place on Earth blue bonnets grow  

 And 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 blackbird's wing  

 And we will fly away to heaven  

 Come some sweet blue bonnet spring  

  

 Yes when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing  

 And we will fly away together  

 Come some sweet blue bonnet spring