Emmylou Harris Guitar Town Lyrics

Guitar Town Lyrics

(Steve Earle)

Hey pretty baby are you ready for me 
It`s your good rockin` daddy down from Tennessee 
Well I`m just outta Austin bound for San Antone 
With the radio blastin` and the bird dog on 
There`s a speed trap up ahead South of town 
But no local yokel`s gonna shut me down 
Cause me and the boys got this rig unwound 
And we`ve come a thousand miles from the guitar town 

Nothin` ever happened round my home town 
And I ain`t the kind to just hang around 
But I heard someone callin` my name one day 
And I followed that voice down the lost highway 
Everybody told me you can`t get far 
Now I`m smokin` into Texas with the hammer down 
And a rockin` little combo from the guitar town 

Hey pretty baby don`t you know it ain`t my fault 
Love to hear the steel belts hummin` on the asphalt 
Wake up in the middle of the night in a truck stop 
Stumble in the restaurant, wonderin` why I don`t stop 
Well I gotta keep rockin` while I still can 
Got a two-pack habit and a motel tan 
When my boots hit the boards it`s a brand new hand 
put my back to the risers and make my stand 
Hey pretty baby won`t you hold me tight 
I`m loadin` up and rollin` out of here tonight 
One of these days I`m gonna settle down 
And I`ll take you back with me to the guitar town