Troublesome Girl

Where o' where is that troublesome girl

The sun is busted up wide

Supposed to roll on at the breakin' of dawn

Can't leave without her by my side

By the vending machine talking to a marine

Someone saw her crawl into his van

How the same blood can run from so cold to so hot

Swear to god i'll never understand

Never would have supposed that your sweet yellow rose

Could've up and wilted so soon

Good-bye Abilene i leave my everything

To the care of the West Texas moon

Where o' where is that troublesome girl

For the clouds come rolling up strong

And the last dying sigh of that muscadine sky

Whispers just what i've known all along

Who do i see off of East 93

With her thumb stuck out in my lane

But that girl of mine and the flicker and shine

Of her lit cigarette in the rain

Now i had a choice but there weren't really no choice

I could see she done spent her last dime

I pulled back on the highway she slid over my way

Sayin' things would be different this time

On a much safer road when i lightened my load

She made the saddest face i'd ever seen

But i never felt bad 'cause i done give her all i had

Plus some change for the vending machine

Where o' where is that beautiful girl

That i once held in my dreams

Brother i'm telling you if it seems too good to be true

It's probably just what it seems

But sometimes i still think of that troublesome girl

'cause her memory stuck like a chiv

As these days roll past with no final 'at last'

I find there's little that i can't forgive

So where o' where is that troublesome girl

For the sun is busted up wide

And i'm pressing on at the breaking of dawn

Wishing she was still here by my side