Bill Morrissey Barstow Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well, here comes Parks
And he's found another bottle
He tips it up like a trumpet
He takes a drink and passes it on
And every man around the fire
Takes a chorus on the bottle
It ain't much, it ain't good
But it'll get us through 'til dawn

[Chorus]
Well, don't the freight yard sound like a drunk in a metal shop?
I can't believe it gets this cold in Barstow
And I can't believe I pissed my twenties away
Well, if you take me back this time
Baby, I promise you I'll stay
[Verse 2]
Well, Parks takеs another drink
And he starts to sing off key
Thеre's not a man big enough around the fire
To shut him up
And in the cold morn he's singing
"Hey Okie, tell Arkie
Texas found a job in Californ"
And everybody around the fire cracks up

[Chorus]
Well, don't the freight yard sound like a drunk in a metal shop?
I can't believe it gets this cold in Barstow And I can't believe I pissed my twenties away
Well, if you take me back this time
Baby, I promise you I'll stay

[Verse 3]
Well, then Parks hands me the bottle
He says, "I'm gone to Tucson
Hole up all winter
At the Sally if I can
I don't mind the praying
And I don't mind saying
I could listen forever
To that Sally brass band"
[Verse 4]
And then Parks starts laughing hard
But he doesn't make a sound
He grabs the bottle back from me
And kills the last of the wine
And in the fire's glow I can see his eyes
And they shine like brake lights
And I am grateful
I cannot see mine

[Chorus]
Well, don't the freight yard sound like a drunk in a metal shop?
I can't believe it gets this cold in Barstow
And I can't believe I pissed my twenties away
Well, if you take me back this time
Baby, I promise you I'll stay