Gulf Coast Highway-Nanci Griffith

[00:00.00]Gulf Coast Highway -Nanci Griffith [00:19.250]Written by ：Daniel W.Flowers /Nanci Griffith /James Hooker [00:38.500]Gulf coast highway [00:42.04]He worked the rails [00:45.836]He worked the rice fields [00:49.404]With their cool dark wells [00:53.596]He worked the oil rigs in the [00:56.451]Gulf of Mexico [00:58.996]The only thing we've ever owned [01:02.739]Is this old house here by the road [01:08.510]And when he dies he says he'll catch [01:11.568]Some blackbird's wing [01:14.96]Then he will fly away to heaven come [01:17.932]Some sweet blue bonnet Spring [01:23.188]She walked through Springtime [01:27.68]When I was home [01:30.806]The days were sweet [01:32.894]The nights were warm [01:38.283]Seasons change the jobs would [01:40.846]Come the flowers fade [01:43.966]This old house felt so alone [01:48.151]When the work took me away [01:53.17]And when she dies she says she'll [01:55.704]Catch some blackbirds wing [01:58.625]She will fly away to heaven come [02:02.611]Some sweet blue bonnet Spring [02:23.848]Highway 90 [02:27.561]The jobs are gone [02:31.248]We tend our garden [02:34.721]We set the sun [02:38.640]This is the only place on earth [02:42.30]Blue bonnets grow [02:44.230]Once a year they come and go [02:47.870]At this old house here by the road [02:53.418]And when we die we say we'll [02:55.937]Catch some blackbirds wing [02:58.898]Then we will fly away to heaven come [03:02.941]Some sweet blue bonnet Spring [03:07.855]And when we die we say we'll [03:10.604]Catch some blackbirds wing [03:13.644]We will fly away together come [03:17.611]Some sweet blue bonnet Spring