Louise Taylor - Blue Norther lyrics

Waves roll off the tip of the tongue on South Padre Island Like they had something to say to this flea-bit Texas town Where a blue norther can blow in like it was here to stay Tie those fishing boats down And the boys hole up at the cantina I serve them huevos rancheros rolled up in a tortilla Where a man can drink coffee all day for a buck fifty six And a girl can pour her life away for a quarter tip Waiting on a blue norther rolling in Blue norther blowing rain I gave one of my earrings to a shrimper named Ray Pure gold in his curly brown hair And we moved into the trailer park number 99 With Snake and Frenchy and Clem And those boys will be gone Working ninety days of hard time at sea They'll come home their pants loaded with cash And under each arm a box of shrimp And they'll blow all their dough in one hot night Of buying rounds and kicking a** and loving their women Waiting on a blue norther rolling in Blue norther blowing rain And this norther girl's doing alright Serving beans and rice till twilight And when a storm blows in like a good cry I'm up north again Ray says this is his last stop at the end of the earth He'd been running and running till he run out of solid ground And it's the sea squaw and her drag nets or jail Both prison, both can pull a good man down And I roll my quarters and save for the day I can rent a small efficiency down by the bay With a swinging screen door and a cool concrete floor Where a yankee girl can lie down on a hot Texas day Waiting on a blue norther rolling in Blue norther blowing rain Blue norther rolling in Blue norther blowing rain