Songs:Thirsty Town (77079)
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August ain’t no place for man nor beast along this river. I could raise a sweat with just the thought of sittin’ down. People get so testy in this heavy, humid weather Where ivy leaves burn right into the ground. Corn is at my knees and it crackles like brown paper Gators eat each other when the water gets this low. There ain’t no sign of rain, wells are dried up, tempers flaring The bugs’ll have a feast tonight, I know. Lyle sits alone down on the dock – drinkin’ whiskey Starin’ in the mud at a rattler dying slow Lyle never came back from the jungle South Pacific This heat might not affect him, I don’t know. Kenneth sprinkles water on his mother’s little garden But oh those fillin’ station boys are restless on his mind They’ll devise a torment and humiliation for him While the young tomatoes wither on the vine. How much hotter can the sun beat down On tortured souls in this thirsty town? Summer brings a fever there’s no sign of relief. How much hotter can the sun beat down? Seven months along Miss Emily planned to go to Texas Desperate for a man she found one more than her share. All those magazines taught her love’s little secrets Now the dusty morning Greyhound chokes the air. Miss Maude is up at sunrise and she walks through the arbor Lickin’ thin dry lips as she stares into the ground. That crackin’ soil is home now to the only one who kissed her. Sixty years of drought still gets her down. The fan up in the window moves the curtains just a little. Lying on my bed I know my sheets are soaking wet. August ain’t no place for man nor beast along this river The heat’ll make a beast out of me yet. The mercury’s above a hundred-ten in the shade I crave a sip of sweet lemonade. Lyle wraps his head up in a wet bandana And slithers down the back roads of South Carolina.
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 | Folk 5,139 items |
 | Acoustic Guitar 8,285 items |
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Listener rankings: 5 stars=Dale G ♦ Atuuschaaw ♦ Kazookid 4 stars=Kelli |
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