Millionaire
Slaid Cleaves
2:49She 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