Lyrics Flowered Dresses - Slaid Cleaves

Flowered Dresses

She was leaning long legged
'neath a bottle cap sign
Of a country store with a coke and a smile
The coolest place to linger
On an Arkansas day
When she saw him passing by
He said «I'll take you back to Texas»
Said «my name is Ray»
Where the stars are bigger than the Hit Parade
And she stopped dreamin' her dream
And she started dreamin' his
Traded in her childhood
She wore flowered dresses for him
Rolled her hair, scrubbed her freckled skin
On the chance that they were goin' out tonight
Catch a show, maybe grab a bite
And she looked real nice, She looked real nice
Sometimes I think about my daddy
And his old spice grin
Cleaned pressed shirts, and a farmers tan
She never asked him questions
So he never told her lies
But I heard my mama cry some
And I was sitting in the hallway on the night he left
Huggin my knees, holding my breath
I never knew why but he was damn sure gone
Thought it was maybe my fault
'Cause She wore flowered dresses for him
Rolled her hair, scrubbed her freckled skin
On the chance that they were goin' out tonight
Catch a show, maybe grab a bite
And she looked real nice, she looked real nice
And she looked real nice, she looked real nice