You Raise Me Up: 40 Uplifting Songs Compilation Lyrics
Amy Kelly - Gulf Coast Highway
Gulf coast highway, he worked the rails
He worked the rice fields with their cold dark wells
He worked the oil rigs in the gulf of Mexico
The only thing we've owned is this old house here by the road
And when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing
He will fly away to heaven
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring
I walked through springtime when he was home
The days were sweet, our nights were warm
The seasons changed, the jobs would come
The flowers fade, and this old house felt so alone
When the work took him away
And when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing
He will fly away to heaven
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring
Highway 90, the jobs are gone
We tend our garden, we set the sun
This is the only place on earth blue bonnets grow
Once a year they come and go
At this old house here by the road
And when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing
He will fly away to heaven
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring
When we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
We will fly away together
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring
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