Telephone Road

(album: El Corazón - 1997)

My brother Jimmy, my other brother Jack
Went off down to Houston and they never come back
Mama wasn't gonna let her baby go yet
But there ain't nobody hiring back in Lafeyette
I'm working all week for the Texaco check
Sun beating down on the back of my neck
Tried to save my money but Jimmy says no
Says he's got a little honey on Telephone Road

[Chorus:]
Come on come on come on let's go
This ain't Louisianna
Your Mama won't know
Come on come on come on let's go
Everybody's rocking out on Telephone Road

Telephone Road is ten miles long
Fifty car lots and a hundred honky-tonks
Jukebox blasting and the beer bottles ring
Jimmy banging on a pinball machine

[Chorus]

Mama never told me about nothing like this
I guess Houston's 'bout a big as a city can get
Sometimes I get lonesome for Lafeyette
Someday I'm going home but I ain't ready yet

[Chorus]