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Nanci Griffith( Nanci Caroline Griffith )
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Drive-In Movies and Dashboard Lights
Lyricist:Nanci Griffith
Sister had a crystal voice She played a Silver tone from Montgomery Ward Baez songs in Monroe hair She sure could turn the boys' heads to stare
Swim wear saunter, tan and haunt them Was all she learned in school Books were for the other girls And the other girls were fools
Texas back in sixty-nine It was drive-in movies and dashboard lights
Father waltzed her down the aisle 'Cause college didn't suit her style The sad truth was that she could barely read But, if you'd told dear father, well he wouldn't believe you
The telephone rang, it drove mother insane From the hearts left on the shelf Sister's gone and she won't be home 'Cause she didn't take care of herself
Texas back in sixty-nine It was drive-in movies and dashboard lights
Where is she now? The backseat queen of fraternity Where is she now? She is heavy of thigh and light on integrity Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Someone should've told her When beauty's all you offer How soon the world discovers that your Beauty's gone, it's gone
Mother can't you hear your daughter crying? Father wake up her youth is dying Her kids are grown, husband's gone away And it's a shame 'Cause she had such a lovely face
Can't you see she needed more Than, 'Oh, what a pretty child'? You never taught her truth from lie All you told her was to smile
Texas back in sixty-nine It was drive-in movies and dashboard lights
Where is she now? The backseat queen of fraternity Where is she now? She is heavy of thigh and light on integrity Someone should've told her When beauty's all you offer How soon the world discovers that your Beauty's gone, it's gone
Texas back in sixty-nine It was drive-in movies and dashboard, lights
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