Delta '88

Take a booth at the diner by the Bowl Rite lanes A cup of coffee and a couple of mints and then We'll hit that road and we'll take our time As the morning glows over 1 and 9 You see, I laid a summer with a lyin' lover Who spoke of peaches with a wink and a stutter She took my hand and in the end we died With lungfuls of blood like Bonnie and Clyde Oh Woman, paint your fingernails red Wrap a white boa 'round your neck Well I'll don my finest shoes, no more blues darkenin' my door Throw away your watches, we won't need them anymore Let your hair fall outta place As the countryside Races by By and by River, river, you're some kinda taker An Indian giver or a cavalry major Could we cross off those myths and cross the Delaware On an icy evening with a forward stare? Star of Knoxville keep that wheel a-turnin' The sun was shinin', our skin was burnin' A crowd of women feedin' the catfish I'm goin' swimmin' in Red Nail Polish Ah, woman, paint your fingernails red Wrap a white boa 'round your neck Well I'll don my finest shoes, no more blues darkenin' my door Throw away your watches, we won't need 'em anymore Let your hair fall outta place As the countryside Races by By and by Well your father could build a car from a can And he built you this baby to drive, my friend Sweet gasoline pourin' into our tank Keeps Hank warblin' like money in the bank I spent a case of change for a couple cigars Dirty smoke in my lungs, good people in a car We're gonna pile 'em up in the Delta '88 Gonna head to California from the Garden State Oh Woman, paint your fingernails red Wrap a white boa 'round your neck Well I'll don my finest shoes, no blues darkenin' my door Throw away your watches, we won't need 'em anymore Let your hair outta place As the countryside Races by By and by