Gulf Road

Not a hot cup of coffee, nor a cold glass of tea
 Ever crossed your lips in my company
 Straight bourbon whiskey was all we'd abide
 So let's don't hold back now, we've got nothing to hide
 So much we savored yet so much we missed
 You know I never meant you to see me like this
 Just a faint distant flicker from the last of the storm
 You know a taste of that liquor could do me no harm
 Light me a candle, light me a fire
 Come and sit by the window with the shades drawn
 To the best of intentions and the worst of desires
 Leave by the Gulf Road in the gray dawn
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 Take a short handled shovel, take a long handled hoe
 Cover my bones when the west wind blows
 Smooth it off even and pack it down hard
 Now, no more be here but I'll never be far
 I'll no more be here but I'll never be far
 Light me a candle, light me a fire
 Come and sit by the window with the shades drawn
 To the best of intentions and the worst of desires
 Leave by the Gulf Road in the gray dawn
 Leave by the Gulf Road in the gray dawn