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Robert Earl Keen
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Levelland
Lyricist:James Mcmurtry
Flatter than a tabletop Makes you wonder why they stopped here Wagon must have lost a wheel Or they lacked ambition one
On the great migration west Separated from the rest Though they might have tried their best They never caught the sun
So they sunk some roots down in the dirt To keep from blowin' off the earth Built a town around here
And when the dust had all but cleared They called it Levelland The pride of man in Levelland
Granddad grew the dry land wheat Stood on his own two feet His mind got incomplete And they put in the home
Daddy's cotton grows so high Sucks the water table dry But rolling sprinklers circle round Bleedin' it to the bone
And I won't be here when it comes a day It all dries up and blows away I'd hang around just to see
But they never had much Use for me in Levelland They don't understand me Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Out in Levelland
And I watch those jet trails Carving up that big blue sky Coast to coasters watch 'em go
And I never would blame 'em one damn bit If they never looked down on this Not much here they'd wanna know
Just Levelland Far as you can point your hand Nothin' but Levelland
Mama used to roll her hair Back before the central air We'd sit outside And watch the stars at night
She'd tell me to make a wish I'd wish we both could fly Don't think she's seen the sky Since we got the satellite dish
And I can hear the marching band Doin' the best they can, they're playing 'Smoke on the Water', 'Joy to the World'
I've paid off all my debts Got some change left over yet And I'm gettin' on a whisper jet
I'm gonna fly as far as I can get from Levelland, doin' the best I can Out in Levelland, imagine that
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