ARTIST: Nanci Griffith
TITLE: Gulf Coast Highway
Lyrics and Chords


[As performed by Kate Rusby, capo 2]

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 ever owned is this old house here by the road
And when we die, he says, we'll catch some blackbird's wing
And we will fly away to Heaven, come some sweet bluebonnet Spring

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She walked through springtime when I was home
Our days were sweet, our nights were warm
The seasons changed, the jobs would come, the flowers fade
And this house felt so alone, when the world took me away
And when we die, he says, we'll catch some blackbird's wing
And we will fly away to Heaven, come some sweet bluebonnet Spring

Highway 90, the jobs are gone
We tend our garden and we set the sun
This is the only place on Earth bluebonnets grow
And once a year they come and go at this old house here by the road
And when we die, he says, we'll catch some blackbird's wing
And we will fly away to Heaven, come some sweet bluebonnet Spring
Yes, when we die, he says, we'll catch some blackbird's wing
And we will fly away to Heaven, come some sweet bluebonnet Spring

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