Grand Prairie TX Homesick Blues

from When I Go by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer

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grand prairie, texas, home on the range
i come here for salvation but i'm just another stranger
on a strip highway
where nobody stops or stays

hell-bent on revival, lookin to grow some roots
i have mortgaged my survival for these worn out cowboy boots
but there's just one horse in forty miles and
he's the prized possession of the dallas zoo
and he feels like a stranger, too

ld silver, take me ridin through the foothills of my life
i went easy in the saddle with a lever-action rifle
and a tin canteen
through a field of dreams

way out by the beltline where the armadillos play
with the noble bootjack rabbit in the evening of the day
oh where my brothers have you gone for
i return to thank you for the gifts you gave
but the field is paved

these nights i work the graveyard at the burger king downtown
i get off in the mornin and i lay my burden down
at the convenience store
where stood my old front door

st. peter when you call me, you can find me waitin here
beneath this sad mimosa tree with a quart of drive-thru beer
for home is in the heartland but the heartland cannot save you
when the heart is gone
and home's moved on

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from When I Go, released October 11, 1998

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Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer Portland, Oregon

American folk duo Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer blend tradition and
innovation into a potent musical elixir. They transcend singer/songwriter stereotypes, delivering evocative, clear-eyed ruminations on death and life, love and ruin, that result in "music of haunting beauty and uncommon intelligence" (The
Oregonian). Carter died in 2002; Grammer curates their legacy and now performs solo. ... more

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