Jimmy Buffett - West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown lyrics
[Jimmy Buffett - West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown lyrics]
Standin' on the side of the Highway 4 exit
A lady in tie-dye, a bag by her side
Not really lookin' like anything special
Saw Tennessee tags and she waved for a ride
Sat right beside me as the meter hit sixty
Explainin' her travels and
Her family background when she got through
I could not help but thinkin'
She's a long way from a
West Nashville grand ballroom gown
Father had money and her mother had love
Channeled entirely to her dear sister Dove
Twenty-two years in society's plan
Was canceled in the swing of
Her dear mother's hand
Six hours later, we hit Cincinnati
Yawnin', she woke and then
Asked where we were
When she found out, she said
"I must be goin'"
This close to Nashville was too close for her
So I stopped by the roadside and
I gave her five dollars she took it
Then kissed me and gave me a note
She told me just to read it
Then mail it in Nashville
On old loose leaf paper to her mother
She wrote
She said, "Mama, I'm fine
If you happen to wonder
I don't have much money
But I still get around
I haven't made church in
Near thirty-six Sundays
So fuck all those West
Nashville grand ballroom gowns"
Yes, she's a long way from a
West Nashville grand ballroom gown
A lady in tie-dye, a bag by her side
Not really lookin' like anything special
Saw Tennessee tags and she waved for a ride
Sat right beside me as the meter hit sixty
Explainin' her travels and
Her family background when she got through
I could not help but thinkin'
She's a long way from a
West Nashville grand ballroom gown
Father had money and her mother had love
Channeled entirely to her dear sister Dove
Twenty-two years in society's plan
Was canceled in the swing of
Her dear mother's hand
Six hours later, we hit Cincinnati
Yawnin', she woke and then
Asked where we were
When she found out, she said
"I must be goin'"
This close to Nashville was too close for her
So I stopped by the roadside and
I gave her five dollars she took it
Then kissed me and gave me a note
She told me just to read it
Then mail it in Nashville
On old loose leaf paper to her mother
She wrote
She said, "Mama, I'm fine
If you happen to wonder
I don't have much money
But I still get around
I haven't made church in
Near thirty-six Sundays
So fuck all those West
Nashville grand ballroom gowns"
Yes, she's a long way from a
West Nashville grand ballroom gown