Drive-In Movies And Dashboard Lights lyrics


Nanci Griffith


Sister had a crystal voice
She played a Silvertone from Montgomery Ward
Baez songs and Monroe hair
She sure could turn the boys heads to stare
Swimwear saunter, tan and haunt them
Was all she learned in school
Books were for the other girls
And the other girls were fools
Texas back in '69 was drive in movies and dashboard lights
Father waltzed her down the aisle
Cause college didn't suit her style
The sad truth was she could barely read
But if you told dear father, well he wouldn't believe you
The telephone rang and drove mother insane
From all the hearts left on the shelf
Sisters gone and she won't be home
Cause she didn't take care of herself
Texas back in '69 was drive in movies and dashboard lights
Where is she now
The backseat queen of fraternity
Where is she now
She's heavy on thigh
And light on integrity
Someone should have told her
When beautys all you offer
How soon the world disovers
That your beautys gone
Its gone
Mother can't you hear your daughter crying
Father wake up her youth is dying
The kids are gone
Husbands gone away
And its a shame cause she had such a lovely face
Can't you see she needed more than

Albums

Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms
Nanci Griffith -  Other Voices, Other Rooms

Nanci Griffith - From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith -  From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith

Nanci Griffith - One Fair Summer Evening
Nanci Griffith -  One Fair Summer Evening

Nanci Griffith - Ruby's Torch
Nanci Griffith -  Ruby's Torch

Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
Nanci Griffith -  Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)

Nanci Griffith - Flyer
Nanci Griffith -  Flyer

Nanci Griffith - The Complete MCA Studio Recordings
Nanci Griffith -  The Complete MCA Studio Recordings

Nanci Griffith - Hearts in Mind
Nanci Griffith -  Hearts in Mind

Nanci Griffith - The Last of the True Believers
Nanci Griffith -  The Last of the True Believers

Nanci Griffith - Once in a Very Blue Moon
Nanci Griffith -  Once in a Very Blue Moon