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Artist: Rodney Crowell
Canonical path: /rodney-crowell/telephone-road
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Telephone Road
Read Telephone Road lyrics by Rodney Crowell on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Telephone Road
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Rain came down in endless sheets of thunder
Lightning bolts split pine trees down to the roots
In the shadow of the Astrodome
With a hurricane coming on strong
We used to hit the streets and go swimming in our birthday suits
Skiing in a bar ditch behind a moped
13 stitches on the corner of a sardine can
We were dirt poor Houston kids
Our whole family living on the skids
But we always had a nickel for the coming of the ice cream man
Mosquito truck blowing up DDT
Barefoot heathens running wild and free
Air raid buzzer at a noon-day scream
Living in a dream
On Telephone Road
I used to love them cherry Cokes down at the Prince's Drive-In
And the cheeseburgers tasted so good I like to come untied
There's a Chinaberry tree I remember
I used to climb in and out of my window
The night I left was on the day before my Grandma died
Sawdust spread out on a dance hall floor
Jukebox ripping at an all-out roar
Barmaid smiling at a 10 cent tip
Living is a trip
On Telephone Road
Magnolia Garden bandstand on the very front row
Johnny Cash Carl Perkins and The Killer putting on a show
6 years old and just barely off my daddy's knee
When those rockabilly rebels
Sent the Devil running right through me
A drive-in movie in the trunk of my car
One-eyed sailor in an ice house bar
Spit-shine Charlie and ol' Peg-leg Bill
Are dressed up fit to kill
On Telephone Road
Telephone Road, Telephone Road
Brabecue and beer on ice
A salty watermelon slice
At the Little Taste of Paradise
On Telephone Road
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Rodney Crowell performs "Telephone Road", and this lyric page sits inside the Rodney Crowell catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Above and Beyond and I Don't Fall In Love So Easy with a short reason for opening each page next.
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