Montana Backroads
Nanci Griffith

(By Bruce Carlson)


In an old pickup truck, with his hat pulled down

He drives them old Montana backroads

Remembering half-forgotten times, and wondering where it's gone

And if he can still carry the load


Now, the summer sun is setting, and the moon is on the rise

As he pulls that old pickup into town

And he parks beside the place where the feed store used to be

And he heads for an old familiar sound


Those honky-tonk bands still play old-time songs

Remembering how things used to be

Sitting at the bar with his head down in his hands

So alone with his memories

Lord, he's so alone with his memories


He remembers back in '33, or was it '34

The year that he won the rodeo

The buckle that they gave him, well, he still wears today

For that Brahma bull that he rode


But his riding days are over now, his back is getting weak

And his eyesight, it just ain't as good

As the days he'd spot a deer at a hundred yards or more

And bring back a month's supply of food


Those honky-tonk bands still play old-time songs

Remembering how things used to be

Sitting at the bar with his head down in his hands

So alone with his memories

Lord, he's so alone with his memories


Now the bar is getting set to close, they say he's got to leave

But it feels like, Lord, he just arrived

So he downs his last shot as he's heading for the door

Getting ready for that long and lonely drive


In an old pickup truck, with his hat pulled down

He drives them old Montana backroads

Remembering half-forgotten times, and wondering where it's gone

And if he can still carry the load


Those honky-tonk bands still play old-time songs

Remembering how things used to be

And he tumbles through the door, and he falls down on his bed

Still alone with his memories

Lord, he's still alone with his memories


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  It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go   It's Just Another Morning Here   It's Too Late   It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go   It's Just Another Morning Here   It's Too Late   John Philip Griffith   Julie Anne   Last Of The True Believers   Last Song For Mother   Last Train Home   Last Train Home [#]   Late Night Grande Hotel   Late Night Grande Hotel [#][*][Multimedia Track]   Late Night Grande Hotel [Original Mix]   Leaving The Harbor   Let It Shine O Me   Let It Shine On Me   Listen To The Radio   Little Love Affairs   Lone Star State Of Mind   Lookin' For The Time (Workin' Girl)   Looking for the Time   Looking For The Time (Workin' Girl)   Looking For The Time (Workin' Girl)   Lost Him In The Sun   Love At The Five And Dime   Love At The Five And Dime (Live)   Love at the Five and Dime [Duet with Darius Rucker...   Love Conquers All   Love In A Memory   Love Is A Hard Waltz   Love Wore A Halo (Back Before The War)   Love's Found A Shoulder   Love's Found A Shoulder   Marilyn Monroe/Neon And Waltzes   Mary And Omie   Maybe Tomorrow   Michael's Song   Michael's Song   Midnight In Missoula   Money Changes Everything   More Than A Whisper   Morning Song For Sally   Morning Train   Mountain Of Sorrow   Never Be The Sun   Never Mind   Never Mind [The Firm]   Nickel Dreams   Night Rider's Lament   Night Rider's Lament   Nobody's Angel   Nobody's Angel   Not Innocent Enough   Not My Way Home   October Reasons   Old Hanoi   On Grafton Street   Once In A Very Blue Moon   One Blade Shy Of A Sharp Edge   One Of These Days   Our Very Own   Outbound Plane   Party Girl   Pearl's Eye View (The Life Of Dickey Chapelle)   Pearl's Eye View (The Life Of Dickey Chapelle...   Please Call Me, Baby   Poet In My Window   Pour Me a Drink   Radio Fragile   Rise To The Occasion   Rise To The Occasion -w/ Mac MacAnnaly   Roses On The 4th Of July   Roseville Fair   Ruby's Arms   Ruby's Arms   Saint Teresa Of Avila   San Diego Serenade   Say It Isn't So   Say It Isn't So   Shaking Out The Snow   She Ain't Goin' Nowhere   She Ain't Goin' Nowhere   Simple Life   Sing   Sing One For Sister   So Long Ago   Song For Remembered Heroes   Songs for Remembered Hereos   Southbound Train   Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness   Spin On A Red Brick Floor   St. Olav's Gate   St. Olav's Gate   Still Life   Storms   Summer Wages   Sweet Dreams Will Come   Talk To Me While I'm Listening   Talk To Me While I'm Listening   Tecumseh Valley   Tell Me How   Ten Degrees And Getting Colder   Tequila After Midnight   The Flyer   The Ghost Inside Of Me   The Last of the True Believers   The Loving Kind   The Power Lines   The Streets Of Baltimore   The Sun, Moon, And Stars   The Wing And The Wheel   The Wing and the Wheel [Live]   There's A Light Beyond These Woods   There's A Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret)   There's A Light Beyond These Woods   These Days In An Open Book   This Heart   This Old Town   Three Flights Up   Time Alone   Time Of Inconvenience   Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown   Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown   Traveling Through This Part Of You   Trouble In The Fields   Trouble With Roses   Truly Something Fine   Try The Love   Tumble And Fall   Turn Around   Two Dollar Novels   Two For The Road   Up Against the Rain   Waiting For Love   Walk Right Back   Wall Of Death   Waltzing With The Angels   Waltzing With the Angles   Wasn't That A Mighty Storm   Wasn't That A Mighty Storm   West Texas Sun   What's That I Hear   What's That I Hear   Wheels   When I Dream   Where Have You Been   Where Would I Be   White Freight Liner   White Freight Liner [#]   Who Knows Where The Time Goes   Who Knows Where the Time Goes?   Wimoweh   Wings Of A Dove   Woman Of The Phoenix   Workin' In Corners   Workin' In Corners   Wouldn't That Be Fine   Wouldn't That Be Nice   Wouldn't That Be Fine   Wouldn't That Be Nice   Yarrington Town   Year Down In New Orleans   You Can't Go Home   You Can't Go Home Again   You Can't Go Home Again   You Made This Love A Teardrop   You Were On My Mind

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