Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song South Coast of Texas, artist - Guy Clark.
Date of issue: 04.06.2007
Song language: English
South Coast of Texas |
The south coast of Texas is a thin slice of life |
It’s salty and hard it it stern as a knife |
Where the wind is for blwon’up hurricanes for showin' |
The snakes how to swim and the trees how to lean |
The shrimpers and their ladies are out in the beer joints |
Drinkin’em down for they sail with the dawn |
They’re bound for the Mexican Bay of Campche |
And the deck hands are singin’adios Jole Blon |
There’s snowbirds in search of that sunshine and night life |
And fond of greasin’palms down the beach as they’re goin' |
This livin’on the edge of the waters of the world |
Demands the dignity of whooping cranes and |
The likes of Gilbert Roland |
In the cars of my youth how I tore thru those sand dunes |
Cut up my tires on them oyster shell roads |
But nothin’is forever say the old men in the shipyards |
Turnin’trees into shrimp oats Hell I guess they ought to know |