12.Brownsville Girl
Lyrics：Bob Dylan／Sam Shepard
Music：Bob Dylan
Well, there was this movie I seen one time,
About a man riding 'cross the desert and it starred Gregory
Peck.
He was shot down by a hungry kid trying to make a name for
himself.
The townspeople wanted to crush that kid down and string him up
by the neck.
Well, the marshal, now he beat that kid to a bloody pulp
as the dying gunfighter lay in the sun and gasped for his last
breath.
Turn him loose, let him go, let him say he outdrew me fair and
square,
I want him to feel what it's like to every moment face his
death.
Well, I keep seeing this stuff and it just comes a-rolling in
And you know it blows right through me like a ball and chain.
You know I can't believe we've lived so long and are still so
far apart.
The memory of you keeps callin' after me like a rollin' train.
I can still see the day that you came to me on the painted
desert
In your busted down Ford and your platform heels
I could never figure out why you chose that particular place to
meet
Ah, but you were right. It was perfect as I got in behind the
wheel.
Well, we drove that car all nigh into San Anton'
And we slept near the Alamo, your skin was so tender and soft.
Way down in Mexico you went out to find a doctor and you never
came back.
I would have gone on after you but I didn't feel like letting my
head get blown off.
Well, we're drivin' this car and the sun is comin' up over the
Rockies,
Now I know she ain't you but she's here and she's got that dark
rhythm in her soul.
But I'm too over the edge and I ain't in the mood anymore to
remember the times when I was your only man
And she don't want to remind me. She knows this car would go out
of control.
Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls
shining like the moon above
Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville
girl, you're my honey love.
Well, we crossed the panhandle and then we headed towards
Amarillo
We pulled up where Henry Porter used to live. He owned a
wreckin' lot outside of town about a mile.
Ruby was in the backyard hanging clothes, she had her red hair
tied back. She saw us come rolling up in a trail of dust.
She said, 'Henry ain't here but you can come on in, he'll be
back in a little while.'
Then she told us how times were tough and about how she was
thinkin' of bummin' a ride back to where she started.
But ya know, she changed the subject every time money came up.
She said, 'Welcome to the land of the living dead.' You could
tell she was so broken-hearted.
She said, 'Even the swap meets around here are getting pretty
corrupt.'
'How far are y'all going？' Ruby asked us with a sigh.
'We're going all the way 'til the wheels fall off and burn,
'Til the sun peels the paint and the seat covers fade and the
water moccasin dies.'
Ruby just smiled and said, 'Ah, you know some babies never
learn.'
Something about that movie though, well I just can't get it out
of my head
But I can't remember why I was in it or what part I was supposed
to play.
All I remember about it was Gregory Peck and the way people
moved
And a lot of them seemed to be lookin' my way.
Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls
shining like the moon above
Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville
girl, you're my honey love.
Well, they were looking for somebody with a pompadour.
I was crossin' the street when shots rang out.
I didn't know whether to duck or to run, so I ran.
'We got him cornered in the churchyard,' I heard somebody shout.
Well, you saw my picture in the Corpus Christi Tribune.
Underneath it, it said, 'A man with no alibi.'
You went out on a limb to testify for me, you said I was with
you.
Then when I saw you break down in front of the judge and cry
real tears,
It was the best acting I saw anybody do.
Now I've always been the kind of person that doesn't like to
trespass but sometimes you just find yourself over the line.
Oh if there's an original thought out there, I could use it
right now.
You know, I feel pretty good, but that ain't sayin' much. I
could feel a whole lot better,
If you were just here by my side to show me how.
Well, I'm standin' in line in the rain to see a movie starring
Gregory Peck,
Yeah, but you know it's not the one that I had in mind.
He's got a new one out now, I don't even know what it's about
But I'll see him in anything so I'll stand in line.
Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls
shining like the moon above
Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville
girl, you're my honey love.
You know, it's funny how things never turn out the way you had
'em planned.
The only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter is that his
name wasn't Henry Porter.
And you know there was somethin' about you baby that I liked
that was always too good for this world
Just like you always said there was something about me you liked
that I left behind in the French Quarter.
Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections
than people who are most content.
I don't have any regrets, they can talk about me plenty when I'm
gone.
You always said people don't do what they believe in, they just
do what's most convenient, then they repent.
And I always said, 'Hang on to me, baby, and let's hope that the
roof stays on.'
There was a movie I seen one time, I think I sat through it
twice.
I don't remember who I was or where I was bound.
All I remember about it was it starred Gregory Peck, he wore a
gun and he was shot in the back.
Seems like a long time ago, long before the stars were torn
down.
Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls
shining like the moon above
Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville
girl, you're my honey love.
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