Like Terlingua

There’s a waitress down at DB’s, says she used to sing
And twenty years ago, you wouldn’t have recognized this place
Time has a way of changin’ who we used to be
She says, “I’ve never really been one to dream”

The nights outside the Starlight chill to the bone
When the desert wind blows up from ol’ Mexico
There’s a road to a trailer on a hill I call home
But like Terlingua, the river won’t let me go
But like Terlingua, the river won’t let me go

I came down from Lubbock in an old beat-up Ford
Headed for the border back in ’04
Left a note on the counter, said a prayer to the Lord
Ain’t it funny how close we all come

The nights outside the Starlight chill to the bone
When the desert wind blows up from ol’ Mexico
There’s a road to a trailer on a hill I call home
But like Terlingua, the river won’t let me go

There was a girl who stayed ’til that flood in ’08
That water rose too fast and she had to leave
I thought it was love, but I guess I was wrong
I guess the earth devours the meek

The nights outside the Starlight still chill to the bone
And the desert wind still cuts from ol’ Mexico
There’s a road to a trailer on a hill I call home
But like Terlingua, the river won’t let me go
But like Terlingua, the river won’t let me go