Fred Eaglesmith - Milly's Cafe lyrics

They put up a sign for the very last time At Milly's Cafe They loaded their stuff into the car And they drove away Milly looked back for one last time And when she turned around, she was crying Billy just listened to the songs the radio played They drove all the way from Fort Worth to Amarillo When Milly woke up she had makeup all over her pillow Billy had stopped at Easy Pawn And bought them up a couple of guns Tomorrow, he said, was gonna be a brand new day Billy and Milly tore up the entire West They started holding up liquor stores and then they turned to banks And it wasn't very long, you know Their picture was on the post office wall And it seemed that the whole world was looking for them And the roads just get rougher Out in West Texas The cowboys are tougher And the young girls are restless And the winds take the towns And there ain't any signs But there's always a hill to climb On the West Texas skyline Milly was raised by Christians in Aberdeen Her father was a preacher in the biggest church you ever did see When word came down about Milly and Billy He made a call up to New York City He said for some boys to come down and set things straight He met Milly in El Paso Underneath a tree in the parking lot of the motel And the next day when Billy went in the bank She started the car and she drove away When Billy came out, he never had a chance And the roads just get rougher Out in West Texas The cowboys are rougher And the young girls are restless And the winds take the towns And there ain't any signs But there's always a hill to climb On the West Texas skyline Put up the sign one more time At Milly's cafe They loaded the stuff out of the car and into the doorway Milly looked back the one last time And when she turned around she was crying Her daddy just got in his car and he drove away And the roads just get rougher Out in West Texas Cowboys are tougher But the young girls are restless And the winds takes the town And there ain't any signs There's always a hill to climb On the West Texas skyline There's always a hill to climb On the West Texas skyline