The Big City News
© Gary Orphey
(Verse 1)
He drove her through the darkness
Down a dusty old trail
To where the iron horse
Rides the silver rail
He put her on a fast train
To those big city lights
Now all he has to show for it
Are some long lonesome nights
(Verse 2)
Though she never sees him
He pretends that she’s not gone
He sees her on the late, late news
When he turns the TV on
He stares at the white screen
As it flickers on the wall
Then bounces off the windows
And shoots on down the hall
(Chorus)
The big city news gives
The country boy the blues
So he’s sittin’ like a penny
On a rusty railroad track,
Where nothing moves any slower,
Than a lover never coming back
(Instrumental Bridge/Middle Eight)
(Verse 3)
She calls him in the evening
whispers softly in his ear
Everything will be alright
Says the words he wants to hear
He waits through the cold nights
For his lover and his friend
She never shows and he knows
She’s never coming back again
(Chorus)
The big city news gives
The country boy the blues
So he’s sittin’ like a penny
On a rusty railroad track,
Where nothing moves any slower,
Than a lover never coming back
(Outro)
A lover never coming back
A lover never coming back
(Music Out)