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Memories of East Texas Lyrics
Memories of East Texas
And piney green rolling hills
Covered in the springtime
With golden daffodils
Rowing on Sandy Lake come April
Harvesting hay in June
Sitting by the road watching well-fires burn
By an old October moon
I learned to drive on those East Texas red clay backroads
And I mean to tell you my friend
They weren't no easy roads
You had to watch out for all the curves
Down by Kelsey Creek
And detour through the Lindsay's pasture
When the water ran too deep
Memories of East Texas
And Gilmer, county seat of Upshur
Looking back and asking myself
'What the hell'd you let them break your spirit for?'
You know, their lives ran in circles so small
Ah, they thought they'd seen it all
And they could not make a place for a girl who'd seen the ocean
I learned to drive on those East Texas red clay backroads
And I mean to tell you my friend
They weren't no easy roads
You had to watch out for all the curves
Down by Kelsey Creek
And detour through the Lindsay's pasture
When the water ran too deep
Ah, but those memories of East Texas
Those piney green rolling hills
Covered in the springtime
With those wild daffodils
Sitting in those Piney Woods
Playing my guitar
Thinking back on the roads I'd come
Thinking I had not come that far...
I learned to drive on those East Texas red clay backroads
And I mean to tell you my friend
They weren't no easy roads
You had to watch out for all the curves
Down by Kelsey Creek
And detour through the Lindsay's pasture
When the water ran too deep
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Submitted by
verryberrygirl On Dec 24, 2006
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I like this song very much.
On the first reading/listening you get a complete view of what East Texas is, but on the second reading/listening, you realize this is more of a "Bildungsroman", a "coming of age" song... "Learning to drive" refers to "learning to live" among people that are not really open-minded.
My total favourite song since it came out ! When I was young and still now, for me it captures that feeling of being a young woman in some province so perfectly, longing to get out of the small-mindedness of her small-town environment. "...You know their lives run in circles so small and they thought they've seen it all, but they could not make a place for a girl who'd seen the ocean."