singer, songwriter, rock 'n' roller
I'm driving across the desert at night
The mesas are bright in the pale moonlight
I'm thinking about the music that changed my life
See the souls that shine in the radio light
Here's to you Warren Smith, you did your best
You knew you gifted, you knew you were blessed
In the smoky din of the roadside bars
You had no doubt that you were a star
Blackjack David in a red Cadillac
Rock 'n' roll Ruby stretched out in the back
Gazin' out the window to the stars above
Singin' to herself "Goodbye Mr. Love"
Radio plays you cross the Memphis bridge
Smokey Joe Baugh and the Collins Kids
She says "Pull over drummer, let me get some air"
It's four in the morning, we ain't halfway there
Holed up in Longview when your time's been served
They stole your best years and you lost your nerve
Rockabilly nights and Rockefeller dreams
Warren Smith watched them all fade like steam
Brown muddy water on the banks below
Sweet young Sally with her gambler beau
Indian fires and a wood-smoke breeze
You can still hear her cry floatin' through the breeze
Could've been a hundred years ago
Could've been today, for all we know
Time is the hangman under his hood
Warren Smith didn't like it, but he understood