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by Nanci GriffithMy daddy sent me on to Baton Rouge in 1969He said our love was like a forest fire and he'd end it with a mindSo you rode with us to Temple, Texas where I did catch the trainAnd I remember waving back at you from a silted window paneChorus: And I said fare thee well true love of mine And I said fare thee well sweet lips of wine And you said fare thee well my texas rose And then you blew a kiss of innocence as the trains began to roll So long agoYou'd gone off to fight the war when I returned from schoolAnd I traded in my innocence when the springtime came in bloomAnd I married for my family; one night I dreamed of youAnd you were running from me in the rain down on Congress AvenueNow I saw you once in a crowded bar and it was Christmas timeI was frightened by the thunder of our hearts in '69Because I live my life in whispers now and I choose to live aloneSo I slipped back to the avenue and flipped my collar to the cold
by Nanci GriffithMy daddy sent me on to Baton Rouge in 1969He said our love was like a forest fire and he'd end it with a mindSo you rode with us to Temple, Texas where I did catch the trainAnd I remember waving back at you from a silted window paneChorus: And I said fare thee well true love of mine And I said fare thee well sweet lips of wine And you said fare thee well my texas rose And then you blew a kiss of innocence as the trains began to roll So long agoYou'd gone off to fight the war when I returned from schoolAnd I traded in my innocence when the springtime came in bloomAnd I married for my family; one night I dreamed of youAnd you were running from me in the rain down on Congress AvenueNow I saw you once in a crowded bar and it was Christmas timeI was frightened by the thunder of our hearts in '69Because I live my life in whispers now and I choose to live aloneSo I slipped back to the avenue and flipped my collar to the cold