Nanci Griffith - Drive-In Movies And Dashboard Lights lyrics

(Nanci Griffith) Sister had a crystal voice She played a Silvertone from Montgomery Ward Baez songs in Monroe hair She sure could turn the boys' heads to stare Swim wear saunter, tan and haunt them Was all she learned in school Books were for the other girls And the other girls were fools In Texas back in sixty-nine It was drive-in movies and dashboard lights Father waltzed her down the aisle 'cause college didn't suit her style The sad truth was she could barely read If you told dear Father Well, he wouldn't believe you The telephone rang it drove Mother insane From the hearts left on the shelf Sister's gone and she won't be home 'cause she didn't take care of herself In Texas back in sixty-nine It was drive-in movies and dashboard lights Chorus Where is she now? The backseat queen of fraternity Where is she now? She is heavy of thigh and light on integrity Someone should've told her When beauty's all you offer How soon the world discovers that your beauty's gone (It's gone) Mother can't you hear your daughter crying Father wake up her youth is dying Her kids are grown, husband's gone away And it's a shame 'cause she had such a lovely face Can't you see she needed more Than,"Oh what a pretty child"? You never taught her truth from lie All you told her was to smile In Texas back in sixty-nine It was drive-in movies and dashboard lights Chorus In Texas back in sixty-nine It was drive-in movies and dashboard lights