Nanci Griffith - Drive-In Movies And Dashboard Lights lyrics

Sister had a crystal voice
She played a Silvertone from Montgomery Ward
Baez songs and Monroe hair
She sure could turn the boys' heads to stare
Swimwear, saunter, tan and haunt them
Was all she learned in school
Books were for the other girls
And the other girls were fools
Texas back in sixty-nine
Was drive-in movies and dashboard lights

Father waltzed her down the aisle
'cause college didn't suit her style
The sad truth was she could barely read
But, if you told dear Father
Well, he wouldn't believe you
The telephone rang and drove Mother insane
From the hearts left on the shelf
Sister's gone and she won't be home
'cause she didn't take care of herself
Texas back in sixty-nine
Was drive-in movies and dashboard lights

Where is she now?
The backseat queen of fraternity
Where is she now?
She's heavy of thigh and light on integrity
Someone should've told her
When beauty's all you offer
How soon the world discovers
That your beauty's gone (It's gone)

Mother, can't you hear your daughter crying
Father, wake up, her youth is dying
Her kids are grown, husband's gone away
And it's a shame 'cause she
Had such a lovely face
Can't you see she needed more
Than, "Oh, what a pretty child"?
You never taught her truth from lie
All you told her was to smile
Texas back in sixty-nine
Was drive-in movies and dashboard lights

Where is she now?
The backseat queen of fraternity
Where is she now?
She's heavy of thigh and light on integrity
Someone should've told her
When beauty's all you offer
How soon the world discovers
That your beauty's gone (It's gone)

Texas back in sixty-nine
It was drive-in movies and dashboard lights