tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443929421065161561.post5476314866715765390..comments2023-03-27T08:57:57.883-05:00Comments on A Sort of Homecoming: going undergroundE.O'B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11316648414289173668noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443929421065161561.post-49727746563467919262010-08-10T13:42:37.573-05:002010-08-10T13:42:37.573-05:00Flatter than a tabletop
Makes you wonder why they ...Flatter than a tabletop<br />Makes you wonder why they stopped here<br />Wagon must have lost a wheel or they lacked ambition one<br />On the great migration west<br />Separated from the rest<br />Though they might have tried their best<br />They never caught the sun<br />So they sunk some roots down in the dirt<br />To keep from blowin' off the earth<br />Built a town around here<br />And when the dust had all but cleared<br />They called it Levelland, the pride of man<br />In Levelland<br /><br />Granddad grew the dryland wheat<br />Stood on his own two feet<br />His mind got incomplete and they put in the home<br />Daddy's cotton grows so high<br />Sucks the water table dry<br />Rolling sprinklers circle round<br />Bleedin' it to the bone<br />And I won't be here when it comes a day<br />It all dries up and blows away<br />I'd hang around just to see<br />But they never had much use for me in Levelland<br />They don't understand me out in Levelland<br /><br />And I watch those jet trails carving up that big blue sky<br />Coast to coasters watch 'em go<br />And I never would blame 'em one damn bit<br />If they never looked down on this<br />Not much here they'd wanna know<br />Just Levelland<br />Far as you can point your hand<br />Nothin' but Levelland<br /><br />Mama used to roll her hair<br />Back before the central air<br />We'd sit outside and watch the stars at night<br />She'd tell me to make a wish<br />I'd wish we both could fly<br />Don't think she's seen the sky<br />Since we got the satellite dish and<br />I can hear the marching band<br />Doin' the best they can<br />They're playing "Smoke on the Water", "Joy to the World"<br />I've paid off all my debts<br />Got some change left over yet and I'm<br />Gettin' on a whisper jet<br />I'm gonna fly as far as I can get from<br />Levelland, doin' the best I can<br />Out in Levelland - imagine thatE.O'B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11316648414289173668noreply@blogger.com