127 Rose Avenue - Hank Williams
Somewhere in the middle of the Deep South
Magnolias sway in the breeze
To the lonesome sound of a redbone hound
Howlin at the moon in the trees
There s a sad boy with his guitar
Cuttin his teeth on the blues
Wishin on a fallin star
at 127 Rose Avenue
VERSE 2
Distant moan of a midnight train comes
Blowin through the night
He dips his pen in tears and pain
And he begins to write
bout a whippoorwill too blue to fly
and the Indian he once knew
bout lost highways and purple skies
at 127 Rose Avenue
CHORUS:
Caretaker said as he shook his head
Son, do you believe in ghosts
For a five dollar bill you can feel the chill
He felt long ago
VERSE 3
So I bought me a ticket at the front door
Guess who was there inside
I felt his presence through the whole tour
God I swear, he was alive
I saw the train, I felt the pain
I heard him moanin the blues
29 years of memories
at 127 Rose Avenue
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
CHORUS
VERSE 4
Another sad-eyed boy with his guitar
Cuttin his teeth on the blues
Here I am wishin on a fallin star
At 127 Rose Avenue
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
It ain t in Nashville
It s not in Montgomery
127 Rose Avenue
