Milly's Cafe

Rocky, I'm writing you this letter I'm in the Sunset Home My grandkids went and put me here They got everything I own I know you're out in Albuquerque I saw Freddie just last week He said your eyesight's failing you And your mouth's too sore to speak

Well, it hadn't rained in as many Sundays as the preacher he had prayed But it didn't matter 'cause nobody prayed it anyway Some danced and some sang Some threw silver rings And the corn got yella and the wheat all died And the sun dried up the sprin

Better take some extra blankets Going out past sixty They say the wind is cold Comin' in off the shell Better take some extra flour Take some extra biscuits Take another bedroll And a few more shotgun shells Don't you ever get tired of herding up tho

Driving rain 40 miles out of Michigan Spiderweb headlights Shut me down I knocked on the door I rang the bell The sign said vacancy There was no-one around 18 wheels up against the wall 56 tons, grain alcohol Danger pay, I'm trying to be strong But m

Well, summer is over The turnstiles are seized The Ferris wheel turns by itself in the breeze And the big diesel engines Idle out on the lawn Summer is over And my baby's gone And the roller coaster Pulls at it's pins The bumper boats drift out And t