7.Homecoming
I guess i should've written, dad, to let you know that i was
coming home
I've been gone so many years, i didn't realize you had a phone
I saw your cattle coming in, boy they're looking mighty fat and
slick
I saw fred at the service station, told me that his wife is
awful sick
You heard my record on the radio, oh, well it's just another
song
But i've got a hit recorded and it'll be out on the market 'fore
too long
I got this ring in mexico, no, it didn't cost me quite a bunch
When you're in the business that i'm in, the people call it
puttin' up a front
I know i've lost a little weight, i guess i am looking kind of
pale
If you didn't know me better, dad, you'd think that i'd just
gotten out of jail
No, we don't ever call them beer joints, night clubs are the
places that i work
You meet a lot of people there, but no, there ain't much chance
of gettin' hurt
I'm sorry that i couldn't be there with you all when momma
passed away
I was on the road and when they came and told me it was just too
late
I drove by the grave to see her, boy, that really is a pretty
stone
I'm glad that fred and jan are here, it's better than you being
here alone
Well i knew you's gonna ask me who the lady is that's sleeping
in the car
That's just a girl who works for me and, man, she plays a pretty
mean guitar
We worked in san antone last night, she didn't even have the
time to dress
She drove me down from nashville and to tell the truth i guess
she needs the rest
Well, dad, i gotta go, we got a dance to work in cartersville
tonight
Let me take your number down, i'll call you, and i promise you
i'll write
Now you be good and don't be chasin' all those pretty women that
you know
And by the way if you see barbara walker tell her that i said
'hello.'
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