"Gulf Coast Highway" by Emmylou Harris

(Nanci Griffith)

Gulf coast highway, he worked the rails 
He worked the rice fields with their cold dark wells 
He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico 
The only thing we've owned is this old house here by the
road 

And when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing 
And we will fly away to heaven 
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring 

She walked through springtime when I was home 
The days were sweet, our nights were warm 
The seasons changed, the jobs would come 
The flowers fade, and this old house felt so alone 
When the work took me away 

And when she dies she says she'll catch some blackbird's
wing 
And she will fly away to heaven 
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring 

Highway 90, the jobs are gone 
We kept our garden, we set the sun 
This is the only place on Earth blue bonnets grow 
And once a year they come and go 
At this old house here by the road 

And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing 
And we will fly away to heaven 
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring 

Yes when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing 
And we will fly away together 
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring