Released: January 1, 2018
Songwriter: Steven Fromholz Michel Legrand
Six o'clock silence of a new day beginning
Is heard in a small Texas town
Like a signal from nowhere the people who live there
They're up and they're moving around
'Cause there's bacon to fry and there's biscuits to bake
On the stove that the salvation army won't take
So roll up the windows and you turn up the fan
'Cause it's hotter than hell when the sun hits the land
Now Walter and fanny well they own the grocery
That sells most all that you need
They've been up and working since early this morning
Got the whole village to feed
They put out fresh eggs, throw bad ones away
That rotted because of the heat yesterday
The store's all dark so you can't see the flies
That settle on 'round steak and last Monday's pies
Sleepy hill drugstore and the cafe they're open
The coffee is bubbling hot
And all the folks that ain't working gonna sit there 'til sundown
And talk about what they ain't got
Someone just threw a clutch in the old pickup truck
It seems like they've been riding on a streak of bad luck
The doctor bills came and the well has gone dry
Seems their grown kids don't care whether they live or die
Is heard in a small Texas town
Like a signal from nowhere the people who live there
They're up and they're moving around
'Cause there's bacon to fry and there's biscuits to bake
On the stove that the salvation army won't take
So roll up the windows and you turn up the fan
'Cause it's hotter than hell when the sun hits the land
Now Walter and fanny well they own the grocery
That sells most all that you need
They've been up and working since early this morning
Got the whole village to feed
They put out fresh eggs, throw bad ones away
That rotted because of the heat yesterday
The store's all dark so you can't see the flies
That settle on 'round steak and last Monday's pies
Sleepy hill drugstore and the cafe they're open
The coffee is bubbling hot
And all the folks that ain't working gonna sit there 'til sundown
And talk about what they ain't got
Someone just threw a clutch in the old pickup truck
It seems like they've been riding on a streak of bad luck
The doctor bills came and the well has gone dry
Seems their grown kids don't care whether they live or die
more tracks from the album
Austinology - Alleys of Austin
- South Canadian River Song
- Drunken Lady of the Morning (v. 2)
- Quicksilver Daydream of Maria
- Little Bird
- Cosmic Cowboy (2018)
- La Freeway (v. 2)
- Backslider’s Wine (v. 2)
- Geroninom’s Cadillac (V.2)
- Wildfire (Duet)
- Alleys of Austin (2018)
- Texas Trilogy - Bosque County Romance
- Texas Trilogy - Train Ride
- Texas Trilogy - Daybreak
- Texas Morning
- Honolulu
- Gringo Pistolero
From the album
Michael Martin Murphey popular songs
- Maybe This Time
- Wildfire
- Red River Valley
- What’s Forever For
- Renegade
- Little Joe, the Wrangler
- When the Work’s All Done This Fall
- Riders in the Sky
- What Am I Doing Here
- From the Word Go
- Ring of Truth
- Children of the Wild World
- Roses and Thorns
- Let the Cowboy Dance
- Geronimo’s Cadillac
- Tying Knots in the Devil’s Tail
- Harbor For My Soul
- Running Shadow
- Cowboy Logic
- Hearts in the Right Place
- Calico Silver
- The Heart Knows the Truth
- Wild Bird
- Spanish is the Lovin’ Tongue