Nanci Griffith - Listen To The Radio lyrics

I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rain
These Delta towns wear satin gowns
In a high-beamed frame
Loretta Lynn guides my hands
Through the radio
Where would I be in times like
These without the songs Loretta wrote?

‘Cause when you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
When you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
The radio, oh, listen to the radio
The radio, now, listen to the radio

I left a handsome two-stepped good
Ol’ boy in Tennessee
Now he's sittin' on the sofa
Lookin' for his supper
Wonderin' what's become of me
I've got a double-o-eighteen Martin guitar in
The backseat of the car
Hey, I am leaving Mississippi
With the radio on

‘Cause when you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
When you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
The radio, oh, listen to the radio
The radio, now, listen to the radio

There's a moon across the border
In the Louisiana sky
I smell the Pontchartrain
I hear "Silver Wings" and then
Away Merle Haggard flies
That good ole boy will find a
Band of gold on the stereo
Hey, then my mama's gonna call and say
"Where's she gone?"
He'll say, "Down the road with the radio on"

‘Cause when you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
When you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
The radio, oh, listen to the radio
The radio, now, listen to the radio