Gulf Road

Not a hot cup of coffee, nor a cold glass of tea

Ever crossed your lips in my company

Straight bourbon whiskey was all we'd abide

So let's don't hold back now, we've got nothing to hide.

So much we savoured, yet so much we missed

You know I never meant you to see me like this

Just a faint distant flicker from the last of the storm

You know a taste of that liquor could do me no harm.

Light me a candle, light me a fire

Come sit by the window with the shades drawn

To the best of intentions and the worst of desires

We'll leave by the Gulf Road in the grey dawn.

I take a short handled shovel, I take a long handled hoe

Cover my bones when the West wind blows

Smooth it off even, pack it down hard

I'll no more be here but I'll never be far

I'll no more be here but I'll never be far.

Light me a candle, light me a fire

Come sit by the window with the shades drawn

To the best of intentions and the worst of desires

We'll leave by the Gulf Road in the grey dawn

We'll leave by the Gulf Road in the grey dawn.