Telephone Road
Rodney Crowell

Rain came down in endless sheets of thunder
Lightning bolts split pine trees down to the roots
In the shadow of the Astrodome
With a hurricane coming on strong
We used to hit the streets and go swimming in our birthday suits

Skiing in a bar ditch behind a moped
13 stitches on the corner of a sardine can
We were dirt poor Houston kids
Our whole family living on the skids
But we always had a nickel for the coming of the ice cream man

Mosquito truck blowing up DDT
Barefoot heathens running wild and free
Air raid buzzer at a noon-day scream
Living in a dream
On Telephone Road

I used to love them cherry Cokes down at the Prince's Drive-In
And the cheeseburgers tasted so good I like to come untied
There's a Chinaberry tree I remember
I used to climb in and out of my window
The night I left was on the day before my Grandma died

Sawdust spread out on a dance hall floor
Jukebox ripping at an all-out roar
Barmaid smiling at a 10 cent tip
Living is a trip
On Telephone Road

Magnolia Garden bandstand on the very front row
Johnny Cash Carl Perkins and The Killer putting on a show
6 years old and just barely off my daddy's knee
When those rockabilly rebels
Sent the Devil running right through me

A drive-in movie in the trunk of my car
One-eyed sailor in an ice house bar
Spit-shine Charlie and ol' Peg-leg Bill
Are dressed up fit to kill
On Telephone Road

Telephone Road, Telephone Road

Barbecue and beer on ice
A salty watermelon slice
At the Little Taste of Paradise
On Telephone Road

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Lyrics by Rodney Crowell

'til I Gain Control Again 'til I Gain Control Again Above And Beyond Adam's Song After All This Time Ain't No Money Ashes By Now Ballad Of Possum Potez Banks Of The Old Bandera Beautiful Despair (For James) Best Years Of Our Lives Big Heart Brand New Rag Bring It On Home To Memphis Candy Man Closer to Heaven Come On Funny Feelin' Come Sundown Crazy Baby Dancin' Circles Round The Sun (epictetus Speaks) Don't Get Me Started Earthbound Elvira Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Faith Is Mine Famous Last Words Of A Fool In Love Fate's Right Hand Fever On The Bayou Forty Winters Frankie Please Funky And The Farm Boy Give My Heart a Rest Glascow Girl Glasgow Girl God I'm Missing You Grandma Loved That Old Man Heartbroke Her Hair Was Red Higher Mountains Highway 17 I Ain't Livin' Long Like This I Ain't Living Long Like This I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried I Don't Fall In Love So Easy I Guess We've Been Together For Too Long I Hardly Know How To Be Myself I Hope You Shed a Million Tears I Just Wanted To See You So Bad I Know Love Is All I Need I Walk The Line I Walk The Line (Revisited) I Want You #35 I Wish It Would Rain I Wouldn?t Be Me Without You I've Done Everything I Can I've Done Everything I Can Do If Looks Could Kill If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Now Ignorance Is the Enemy It's A Different World Now It's Not For Me To Judge It's Only Rock & Roll It's Such A Small World Jesus Talk To Mama Jewel of the South Just Pleasing You Just Say Yes Ladder Of Love Last Waltz Le Danse De La Joie Leavin' Louisiana In The Broad Daylight Let the Picture Paint Itself Life Is Messy Looking For You Love to Burn Lovin' All Night Loving You Makes Me Strong Many a Long and Lonesome Highway Maybe Next Time Moving Work Of Art Night's Just Right No Memories Hanging Round Now That We're Alone Obscenity Prayer (Give It to Me) Oh King Richard Oh What a Beautiful World Old Pipeliner On A Real Good Night Once in a While Please Remember Me Prechin' To The Choir Queen of Hearts Ridin' Out The Storm Ridin' Out The Storm Rise and Fall of Intelligent Design Say You Love Me Sex and Gasoline Shame on the Moon She Ain't Going Nowhere She Loves the Jerk She's Crazy for Leavin' She's Crazy For Leaving Shelter from the Storm Somebody?s Shadow Soul Searchin' Stars on the Water Still Learning How to Fly Storm of Love Stuff That Works That Ol' Door The Ballad Of Possum Potez The Faith Is Mine The Ladder of Love The Last Waltz The Long Journey Home The Man in Me The Obscenity Prayer (Give It to Me) The Outsider The Rise and Fall of Intelligent Design The Rock of My Soul The Rose of Memphis The Traveling Kind The Weight of the World Things I Wish I'd Said Things That Go Bump in the Day Thinking About Leaving This Too Will Pass This, Too, Will Pass Time to Go Inward Topsy Turvy Truth Decay U Don't Know How Much I Hate U Victim Or A Fool Voila An American Dream Wandering Boy We Can't Turn Back We Can't Turn Back Now What Kind Of Love What Kind of Love [*] When The Blue Hour Comes Who Do You Trust Why Don't We Talk About It You Been on My Mind You Can't Say We Didn't Try

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