SCOTT HRABKO & THE RABBITS

Lyrics

Valley Of The Blues
© 2013, Scott Hrabko (ASCAP)

Johnny IOU and the Terrible Two
Picking on a helpless guitar
Fallen leaves and antifreeze
As close as we got to the stars

Stay out all night, running red lights
In a fever of failure of nerve
The moon turned blue as an amplifier tube
And the wind kicks up the dirge

Electrical fences from Wentzville to Memphis
Arkansas, I hear you moan
The hellhounds of paranoia --
Throw ‘em a bone

It’s you again, in the yellow mirror
Of a burned out, breathless john
A miserable mop head slops away
To that old plantation song

Oh darlin’
Try not to come unglued
Walking through
The bottomless shadows
In the valley of the blues

Deep in the black heart of Texas
Where nobody knows my name
But the ghosts of oil well wishers
On that long gone glory train

We follow the lonesome taillights
Into the mystery
Oh, my lucky star
Seems like you’re avoiding me

Trying to get out of nowhere
A stranger, just like you
Walking through
The bottomless shadows
In the valley of the blues