Hurricane Party-James Mcmurtry

[ti:Hurricane Party] [ar:James Mcmurtry] [al:Just Us Kids] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hurricane Party - James Mcmurtry [00:17.71]The hurricane party's windin' down [00:20.24]And we're all waitin' for the end [00:22.68] [00:26.02]And I don't want another drink [00:28.45]I only want that last one again [00:31.34] [00:34.34]He gave me such a fine glow smokin' slow [00:38.38]Now I should probably be homeward bound [00:42.91]There's just no one to talk to [00:45.84] [00:46.59]When the lines go down [00:48.83] [00:56.48]I guess that in the morning I'll go [00:58.77]Lookin' for my gray striped cat [01:01.76] [01:04.73]My old house can take the weather [01:07.12]So I'm not too concerned about that [01:10.28] [01:13.49]It was built to take the wind [01:15.42]Back in nineteen and ten [01:17.88]When this was one damned fine town [01:21.63]But now there's no one to talk to [01:24.66] [01:25.39]When the lines go down [01:27.84] [01:30.40]Candles flickered on the back bar [01:32.65]And the building was shakin' with the wind [01:35.93] [01:38.88]I bought a whiskey for the gypsy [01:41.13]And she turned my leather back into skin [01:44.99] [01:47.44]Just a fleeting sense of that rare suspense [01:51.45]I once thought made the world go round [01:55.50]But now there's no one to talk to [01:59.34]When the lines go down [02:01.90] [02:05.46]Open up your back screen door [02:08.87] [02:09.57]Let me see your face once more [02:12.81]My hands are cold and my feet so sore [02:17.03]And I can't go on this way [02:20.46] [02:22.60]And the thoughts come too fast [02:24.44]And too many to keep count [02:26.85]Best just to let them on through [02:28.92] [02:31.91]Now I'm breaking those glass [02:34.03]Insulators with my old 22 [02:37.80] [02:40.50]Off the telephone polls as a half dollar rolls [02:44.87]Across the knuckles of a rodeo clown [02:48.95]There's just no one to talk to [02:51.96] [02:52.64]When the lines go down [02:55.20] [03:02.47]My one great love [03:04.03]My God I can feel her still [03:07.64] [03:10.50]She ran off to California and now she's living [03:13.59]In those Hollywood hills [03:16.48] [03:18.82]With some bullfrog prince [03:20.95]I've not seen her since [03:22.93]Though she calls when he's out of town [03:26.40] [03:27.19]And there's no one to talk to [03:30.09] [03:30.87]When the lines go down [03:33.13] [03:36.77]Open up your back screen door [03:40.91]Let me in your space once more [03:44.09]I was looking for an easy score [03:48.30]But it just don't work that way [03:51.82] [03:54.42]Some insurance man biker [03:56.59]Is yellin' out for one more beer [03:59.96] [04:03.44]But a part time pirate just can't get [04:06.02]Much respect around here [04:08.67] [04:11.40]We got our problems too [04:13.39]Man we'll get to you [04:15.61]In just a minute sit your drunk a** down [04:19.04] [04:19.83]Yeah there's no one to talk to [04:22.70] [04:23.36]When the lines go down [04:25.77] [04:55.57]Now there's water up [04:56.77]Past the wheel wells of my Ford [04:58.55]And I don't guess that it'll run [05:00.47] [05:04.21]But I left a pack of Winston's on the dash [05:07.17]Could you fetch them for me son [05:09.75] [05:16.57]The morning's first cigarette [05:18.78]That's as good as it gets [05:20.96]All day I should know by now [05:24.42] [05:24.97]But there's no one to talk to [05:28.08] [05:28.79]When the lines go down