Roger Alan Wade

Bad News Knockin'

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Late night headlight through the window blinds
Ole’ dog hides his head beneath the bed and whines
Blond hair and yellow light looks like golden twine
We’ve both seen that silhouette before
I got bad news a knockin’ at my door

The rhythm wrappin’ on the rusty front door screen
Sounds like a hurricane blew up from New Orleans
She’s totin’ stolen aces, best I got is queens
We’ve been through this a time or two before
I got bad news a knockin’ at my door

We met up in San Angelo across the Rio Grande
Thumbed her way to Matamoras, had a mystic read her hand
That Diablo woman told me , “I see trouble up ahead”
She’ll turn you out and make you wish that you was dead

I pulled the curtain back from the window-pane
My worst fear was confirmed, it was her there in the rain
I wish that she was gone and I was on a train headed some where West of Baltimore
I got bad news a knockin’ at my door
I got bad news a knockin’ at my door

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mellow_harsher On Dec 18, 2018

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