Flowered Dresses

She was leanin' long-legged 'neath the bottle-capped side
Of the country store, with a coke and a smile
Coolest place to linger on an Arkansas day
When she saw him passin' by

He said, "I'll take you back to Texas and my name is Ray
Where the stars are bigger than the hit parade"
And she stopped dreamin' her dream, started dreamin' his
And traded in her childhood

And she wore flowered dresses for him
Rolled her hair and scrubbed her freckled skin
Only chance that they were goin' out tonight
And catch a show, maybe grab a bite
And she looked real nice
She looked real nice

Sometimes I think about my daddy and his old spice gland
The clean pressure in a farmer's tent
She never asked him questions and he never told her lies
But I heard my mama cry some

And I was sittin' in the hallway on the night he left
Huggin' my knees, holdin' my breath
I was never sure why, but he was damn sure gone
Thought it was maybe my fault

She wore flowered dresses for him
Rolled her hair and scrubbed her freckled skin
Only chance that they were goin' out tonight
And catch a show, maybe grab a bite
And she looked real nice
She looked real nice

Now the evenin' is just startin' to chill a bit
The fireflies over the field
And it brings to mind the glider where she used to sit
Count the headlights on the highway

And I think of where you're goin', where you are tonight
What you must've seen since I last saw those eyes
I know I can't win if I do not play
This whole thing scares me

She wore flowered dresses for him
Rolled her hair and scrubbed her freckled skin
On the chance that they were goin' out tonight
And catch a show, maybe grab a bite
And she looked real nice
She looked real nice
Yeah, she looked real nice
She looked real nice