Gulf Coast Highway

Gulf Coast Highway
 He worked the rails
 He worked the rice fields
 With their cool dark wells
 He worked the oil rigs in the
 Gulf of Mexico
 The only thing we've ever owned
 Is this old house here by the road
 And when he dies he says he'll catch
 Some blackbird's wing
 Then he will fly away to Heaven come
 Some sweet blue bonnet spring
 She walked through springtime
 When I was home
 The days were sweet
 The nights were warm
 The seasons change, the jobs would
 Come, the flowers fade
 This old house felt so alone
 When the work took me away
 And when she dies she says, she'll
 Catch some blackbirds wing
 Then she will fly away to Heaven come
 Some sweet blue bonnet spring
 Highway 90
 The jobs are gone
 We tend our garden
 We set the sun
 This is the only place on earth
 Blue bonnets grow
 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 blackbirds wing
 Then we will fly away to Heaven come
 Some sweet blue bonnet spring
 And when we die we say, we'll
 Catch some blackbirds wing
 We will fly away together come
 Some sweet blue bonnet spring