Charlie Robison - Loving County lyrics
rate meWell, I loved a girl
She lived out in Pecos, pretty as she could be
And I worked the rigs on out in Odessa
To give her whatever she needs
But that girl, she run with an oil company bum
‘Cause a diamond was not on her hand
But he left her soon beneath the big loving moon
To go out and X-ray the land
Now I sit in my car at the new Rainbow Bar downtown
And the frost on the windshield shines towards the sky
Like a thousand tiny diamonds
In the lights of Loving County
Well, I walked in that bar and I drank myself crazy
Thinking about her and the man
When in walked a woman looking richer than sin
And ten years’ worth of work on her hand
Well I followed her home when she was alone
I put my gun to her head
And I don't recall what happened next at all
But now that rich woman – she’s dead
Now I drive down the highway ten miles from my sweet baby's arms
The moon is so bright that it don't look like night
And the diamond, how it sparkles
In the lights of Loving County
Well, she opened that door and I knelt on the floor
And I put that ring in her hand
And she said ‘I do’ and she'd leave with me soon
To the rigs out in South Alabama
Well I told her to hide that ring there inside
And wait till the timing was good
And I drove back home and I was alone
Because I thought that she understood
The next night an old friend
Just called me to wish us both well
He said he'd seen her downtown … around
And her diamond, how it sparkled
In the lights of Loving County
Well that sheriff he found me out wandering all around El Paso
The very next day
You see, I'd lost my mind on that broken white line
Before I even reached Balmorhea
Now she's in Fort Worth and she's just giving birth
To the son of that oil company man
And they buried that poor old sheriff’s dead wife
With the ring that I stole on her hand
Sometimes they let me look up at that East Texas sky
And the rain on the pines, oh Lord, how it shines
Like my darling’s little diamond
In the lights of Loving County
