Texas Trilogy: Daybreak-Lyle Lovett

[ti:Texas Trilogy: Daybreak] [ar:Lyle Lovett] [al:Step Inside This House] [offset:0] [00:24.96]Six o'clock silence [00:26.76]Of a new day beginning [00:28.77] [00:30.51]Is heard in the small Texas town [00:33.33] [00:35.89]Like a signal from nowhere [00:38.01]The people who live there [00:41.00] [00:41.51]Are up and moving around [00:44.70] [00:45.44]'Cause there's bacon to fry [00:48.38]And there's biscuits to bake [00:50.25] [00:52.29]On the stove that the Salvation Army won't take [00:56.35] [00:57.97]And you open the windows [00:59.34]And you turn on the fan [01:01.53] [01:02.28]'Cause it's hotter than hell [01:04.71]When the sun hits the land [01:07.82] [01:09.21]Walter and Fanny [01:11.20]Well they own the grocery [01:13.64] [01:14.70]That sell most all that you need [01:17.94] [01:20.06]They've been up and working [01:22.19]Since early this morning [01:24.48] [01:25.81]They've got the whole village to feed [01:28.61] [01:29.60]Well they put out fresh eggs [01:32.61]And throw bad ones away [01:34.79] [01:36.79]That rotted because [01:38.22]Of the heat yesterday [01:40.22] [01:41.59]The store is all dark [01:43.84]So you can't see the flies [01:46.52] [01:47.21]That settle on round steak [01:50.20]And last Monday's pies [01:52.70] [01:53.45]Sleepy Hill's drugstore [01:55.63]And the cafe are open [01:57.44] [01:58.94]The coffee is bubbling hot [02:01.76] [02:04.38]'Cause the folks that ain't working [02:06.38]Gonna sit there 'til sundown [02:08.69] [02:10.00]And talk about what they ain't got [02:13.18] [02:13.93]Someone just threw a clutch [02:16.36] [02:16.98]In the old pickup truck [02:19.23] [02:21.17]It seems like they're riding [02:23.22]On a streak of bad luck [02:25.22] [02:26.78]The doctor bills came [02:28.47]And the well has gone dry [02:31.02]Seems their grown kids don't care [02:33.89]Whether they live or die