Return Of The Grievous Angel

Won't you scratch my itch
Sweet Annie Rich
And welcome me back to town
Come down on your porch
And I step into your parlor
And show you how it all went down

Out with the truckers and the kickers
And the cowboy angels
And a good saloon in every single town
I remember something you once told me
And I'll be damned if it did not come true
Twenty thousand roads I went down
They all led me straight back home to you

Cause we headed west
To grow up with the country
Across those prairies
With those waves of grain
And I saw my devil
And I saw the deep blue sea
And I thought about a Calico bonnet
From Cheyenne to Tennessee

We flew straight across that river bridge
Last night at half past two
Switchman waved his lantern
Goodbye and good day
As we went rolling through
Billboards and truck stops passed
By the grievous angel
Now I know just what I have to do

Because the man on the radio
Won't leave me alone
He wants to take my money
For something that I've never been shown
And I saw my devil
And I saw my deep blue sea
And I thought about a Calico bonnet
From Cheyenne to Tennessee

With the news I could bring
I met up with a king
On his head an amphetamine crown
He talked about unbuckling
That old bible belt
And line it out for some desert town

Out with the truckers and the kickers
And the cowboy angels
And a good saloon in every single town
Oh and I remembered something you once told me
And I'll be damned if it did not come true
Twenty thousand roads I went down
They all led me straight back home to you
Twenty thousand roads I went down
They all led me straight back home to you