Intro : (x2)
W ell there was this movie I seen one ti me
Ab out a man riding 'cross the desert and it s tarred Gregory Pe ck
H e was shot down by a hungry kid trying to make a n ame for himself
The t ownspeople wanted to crush that kid down and st ring him up by the n eck
W ell the marshal now he beat that kid to a bloody pu lp
A s the dying gunfighter lay in the sun and ga sped for his last br eath
T urn him loose let him go let him say he outdrew me fair and square
I want him to feel what it's like to every moment face his deat h
W ell I keep seeing this stuff and it just comes a-rolling in
A nd you know it blows right through me like a b all and chai n
Y ou know I can't believe we've lived so long and are still so far apart
T he memory of you keeps callin' after me like a rollin' trai n
I can still see the day that you came to me on the painte d desert
I n your busted down Ford and your pla tform heels
I could never figure out why you chose that particular place to me et
A h but you were right it was perfect as I got in behind the wheel
W ell we drove that car all night into San Ant on'
A nd we slept near the Alamo your skin was s o tender and so ft
W ay down in Mexico you went out to find a doctor and you ne ver came back
I would have gone on after you but I didn't feel like letti ng my head get blow n off
W ell we're drivin' this car and the sun is comin' up over the Rockies
N ow I know she ain't you but she's here and she's got that dark rhythm in her s oul
B ut I'm too over the edge and I ain't in the mood anymore to remember
the times when I was your only man
A nd she don't want to remind me she knows this car would go out of contr ol
B rownsville girl with your Brownsv ille curls
T eeth like pearls shini ng like the moon ab ove
B rownsville girl show me all around the world
B rownsville girl you' re my honey lo ve
W ell we crossed the panhandle and then we headed towards Am arillo
W e pulled up where Henry Porter used to live he o wned a wreckin' lot outside of town abou t a mile
R uby was in the backyard hanging clothes she had her red hair tied back
She saw us come roll ing up in a trail of dust
S he said Henry ain't here but you can come on in he'll be back in a little while
T hen she told us how times were tough and about how she was thinkin' of
bummin' a ride back to where she started
B ut she changed the subject every time money came up
S he said welcome to the land of the living dead you could tell she was so brok en-hearted
S he said even the swap meets around here are get ting pretty cor rupt
H ow far are y'all going Ruby asked us with a sig h
W e're going all the way 'til the wheels fa ll off and bur n
' Til the sun peels the paint and the seat covers fade and the water moc casin dies
R uby just smiled and said ah you know some babies never learn
S omething about that movie though well I just can't get it out of my head
B ut I can't remember why I was in it or what part I wa s supposed to pl ay
A ll I remember about it was Gregory Peck and the way people moved
A nd a lot of them seemed to be look in' my way
B rownsville girl with your Brownsv ille curls
T eeth like pearls shini ng like the moon ab ove
B rownsville girl show me all around the world
B rownsville girl you' re my honey lo ve
W ell they were looking for somebody with a pom padour
I was crossin' the street when sho ts rang out
I didn't know whether to duck or to run so I ra n
W e got him cornered in the churchyard I h eard somebody shou t
W ell you saw my picture in the Corpus Christi Tribune underneath it it said a man w ith no alibi
Y ou went out on a limb to testify for me yo u said I was with y ou
T hen when I saw you break down in front of the judge and cry real tears
I t was the best acting I saw a nybody do
N ow I've always been the kind of person that doesn't like to trespass
but sometimes you just find yourself over the line
O h if there's an original thought out there I could us e it right no w
Y ou know I feel pretty good but that ain't sayin' much I could feel a w hole lot better
I f you were just here by my si de to show me how
W ell I'm standin' in line in the rain to see a movie starring Grego ry Peck
Y eah but you know it's not the one tha t I had in min d
H e's got a new one out now I don't even know what it's about
B ut I'll see him in anything so I'l l stand in lin e
B rownsville girl with your Brownsv ille curls
T eeth like pearls shini ng like the moon ab ove
B rownsville girl show me all around the world
B rownsville girl you' re my honey lo ve
Y ou know it's funny how things never turn out the way you had 'em plan ned
T he only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter is that his name wasn't Henry Po rter
A nd you know there was somethin' about you baby that I liked that was always too good f or this world
J ust like you always said there was something about me yo u liked
that I left behind in the French Quarter
S trange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than people who are most content
I don't have any regrets they can talk about m e plenty when I'm gone
Y ou always said people don't do what they believe in
they just do what's most convenient then they repent
A nd I always said hang on to me baby an d let's hope that the roof stays on
T here was a movie I seen one time I think I sat through it twice
I don't remember who I was or wh ere I was boun d
A ll I remember about it was it starred Gregory Peck he wore a gun and he was shot in the back
S eems like a long time ago long before the stars were torn down
B rownsville girl with your Brownsv ille curls
T eeth like pearls shini ng like the moon ab ove
B rownsville girl show me all around the world
B rownsville girl you' re my honey lo ve
B rownsville girl with your Brownsv ille curls
T eeth like pearls shini ng like the moon ab ove
B rownsville girl show me all around the world
B rownsville girl you' re my honey lo ve
B rownsville girl with your Brownsv ille curls
T eeth like pearls shini ng like the moon ab ove
