Terry Allen - Blue Asian Reds lyrics

Yeah she got them red eyes Ahhh from doin the red pills And she says it's for the high times Yeah she says it's for thrills So she does reds...with her coffee With her pepsi's and her gin And she says it really does her out fine But...it's just doin her in You see...She lost her soldier boy Over in Nam And she found out a year ago Wednesday When after work...she come home And she read his latest letter That said Never again...would he leave her alone But beside hit...the telegram That said he was gone Ohhh she cried and she cried Yeah...for nearly a year Then I guess she just lost the will to live Like she lost that soldier...so dear 'Cause she just traded in all that sadness And all of her fears For a bottle...marked heartache Full of little red tears Yeah she got them red eyes Ahhh from doin the red pills And she says it's for the high times Yeah she says it's for thrills So she does reds...with her coffee With her pepsi's and her gin And she says it really does her out fine But...it's just doin her in