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Backroads

from Frontier Model by Terry Lee Hale

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BACKROADS

I GROWED UP AWFUL FAST
WITH NO ONE AT HOME
TELEVISION FRIENDS AND REMOTE CONTROL
BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT
NOW I'M NOT ALONE

GINNY MAE'S GOT A CAR AND SHE LOVES ME TRUE
SHE PLEDGED TO ME ALL HER HEART
AND THERE'S NOTHING SHE WON'T DO
AND I KNOW,
ALL OF THE BACK ROADS
FIFTEEN YEARS OLD
SOME SAY’S TOO YOUNG
AND I KNOW OUR FOLKS THINK
WE'RE BOTH JUST KIDS AND DUMB
BUT WE DON'T
AND TRUE LOVE MATTERS

WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT
BEEN KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL
NO JOBS AROUND HERE
AIN'T NOTHING TO DO
AND IT’S NO JOKE
IF THERE'S NO HOPE

"BUT IT MAKES ME MAD” I SAID,
“AIN'T GOT NO CASH”
BUT GYNNY SAYS SHE'S GOT A PLAN
WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO TAKE A CHANCE
THAT'S ALL
IT'LL BE NICE AND EASY
AND THEN WE'LL GO
AND LEAVE BY THE BACK ROADS

SHE KNOWS A LITTLE STORE
NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE
AN OLD MAN ALONE
AIN'T NOTHING TO FEAR
THEN WE'LL GO
AND LEAVE BY THE BACK ROADS

SO GINNY GRABBED HER DADDY'S GUN
‘’JUST IN CASE’’ SHE SAID
THAT OLD MAN MIGHT BE CRAZY
THIS WILL SCARE HIM HALF TO DEATH

"DON'T MEAN NOTHING" I SAID
LET'S JUST GO
TWO KIDS FLYING FAST
DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD

WELL GINNY' S WAITING BY THE DOOR
READY TO GO
WE'RE A DIME AWAY FROM LEAVING
BUT TIME MOVES SO SLOW
HEADLIGHTS IN THE WINDOW
WE BOTH LOOKED TO SEE
AND THAT DAMNED OLD MAN
TURNED AND FIRED

AND I HEARD GINNY SCREAM
WELL THE LAST THING I REMEMBER
WAS HEARING GINNY SIGH
AS I HELD HER CLOSE
I FELT HER BREATH
ON MY LIPS WHEN SHE DIED
WHY, DON'T KNOW WHY
DON'T MEAN NOTHING
BUT NOW I AM ALONE
'CEPT THIS RIDE ONE LAST TIME
DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD
HOME, I AM GOING HOME

(DGA#GA#D) capo 4

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from Frontier Model, released February 2, 1994
Chris Adams - drums
Alan Waggoner - string bass
Michael Shuler - keys, electric guitar
Andrew Hare - pedal steel
Eric Richards - banjo

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Terry Lee Hale Marseille, France

Currently a resident in Marseille, Hale has been releasing albums for more than three decades. Hale’s work is stubborn and transcendent of genres and deeply evocative in a way that only a true original can be.

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