Nanci Griffith – “Gulf Coast Highway” Live, 1988
Gulf coast highway, he worked the rails
He worked the rice fields with their cold dark wells
He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico
The only thing we’ve ever owned is this old house here by the road
And when he dies he says he’ll catch some blackbird’s wing
And he will fly away to heaven
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring
She walked through springtime when I was home
The days were sweet, our nights were warm
The seasons changed, the jobs would come
The flowers fade, and this old house felt so alone
When the work took me away
And when she dies she says she’ll catch some blackbird’s wing
And she will fly away to heaven
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring
Highway 90, the jobs are gone
We kept our garden, we set the sun
This is the only place on Earth blue bonnets grow
And once a year they come and go
At this old house here by the road
And when we die we say we’ll catch some blackbird’s wing
And we will fly away to heaven
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring
Yes when we die we say we’ll catch some blackbird’s wing
And we will fly away together
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring
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Peter Donnelly, …
Peter Donnelly, Denny Bixby and Nanci…….it doesn’t get much better than this………
beautiful. haunting …
beautiful. haunting. takes me back to some long lost place we may never see again. hope not ~cg
Emmylou Harris and …
Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson sang this song really well.
makes me think of …
makes me think of home and my brother and his wife
She’s so awesome. …
She’s so awesome. Bruce Springsteen has a good cover of it as well as Emmy Lou Harris with Dave Matthews.
Until i hear you ” …
Until i hear you “sons of the confederacy” say that slavery was wrong,lynching was wrong ,forced segregation was wrong and that blacks are equal…………. well ….. i will guess that you are fronting for a white supremacy group……. Uva unam viviendo varia fit.
The most glorious …
The most glorious thing about our Constitution is that it can be amended. Do you recall that only white, land owning males had the vote. They comprised only 16% of the population. The south seceded to protect their state`s right to enslave people. Who are you crapping?
right?
right?
check your history …
check your history man….it’s not all about slavery..it’s about the intrepretation of the constitution and our rights under that glorious document
here here brother.. …
here here brother…right on!
GOD BLESS THE SOUTH!!
Mac Macanally …
Mac Macanally originally did this duet with Nanci….Darius redid it with her in the mid-90’s but Mac’s duet is much better.
Dulce bellum …
Dulce bellum inexpertis.
twit. Another …
twit. Another example of the result of public education. You dont think the north had slaves? the war between the states is compressed down to buzz word of slavery, then..jump start to civil rights! all the same in your racist mind. The war between the states and the Confederacy is something you know nothing of. In your ignorance gaze upon a Son of the Confederacy who’s forefathers fought for their family, land and way of life…and get out of his righteous road. Deo Vindici.
I know that Nanci …
I know that Nanci would disagree with your blessing of the “Confederacy”. Nobody that believes in the “United” States should offer a blessing for rebel states that thought the enslavement of human beings was worth dividing our nation at the cost of 660,000 souls and countless wounded. Miss Griffith proudly wears the campaign button of a fellow West Texas liberal who passed sweeping Civil Rights legislation which finally helped to free the blacks from the grip of racists and Jim Crow laws.
Nothing to say …
Nothing to say about this poem? So many things! I don´t know words..enough!
God Bless Texas… …
God Bless Texas…
God Bless the Glorious South…
God Bless the Confederacy which raised her…
supported her…
and died with her
WHERE’S DARIUS!!!!! …
WHERE’S DARIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, she’s really …
Yes, she’s really cute — bobby socks and all. She has such an endearing persona; like to give her a warm hug.
She’s just so cute! …
She’s just so cute!! I love her!
I first saw Nancy …
I first saw Nancy at Anderson Fair in Houston and I loved her from the first note she sang. I can’t drive Highway 90 from Houston to Beaumont with out this in the CD. I miss seeing her perform. I hope she stops smoking smeday soon if she hasn’t already.
This is one of my …
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This is one of my all time favourites of hers… thanks for sharing
This tune never …
This tune never fails to leave me misty-eyed. Nanci is one of the best!
I love you, Petunia!
I love you, Petunia!
Perhps my favorite …
Perhps my favorite song of all time and I’ve been around many, many years.
I love Nanci…one …
I love Nanci…one of my favorite singers.