Dave Alvin - Black Haired Girl Lyrics
Dave Alvin(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI)There's a black-haired girlSittin' behind the bullet-proof glassAnd she takes my moneyBefore I go and pump some gasAs the cold rain falls on the parking lotThe strip malls and housing tractsI smile at herBut she don't smile back.Well the black-haired girlIs starin' at the gossip magazineAnd all the glossy picturesOf today's kings and queensBut it's nearly three a.m.And the whole world is dead, except for her and meAnd the sound of the rainAnd the smell of gasoline.Well that black-haired girlLooks like a woman I used to knowBack in some other world, several lifetimes agoYeah, we'd lay in her bedDrinkin' wine and makin' loveAnd lettin' time move slowWell we lost touch somehowBut that's just the way things go.Well that black-haired girlCatches me lookin' her wayAnd I feel a little uneasyMaybe there's something I should sayShould I ask her nameOr just warn her about all the tricks time can playBut I don't say nothin'Cause she's gonna find out anyway.There's a black-haired girlSittin' beneath a flourescent lightWhatever fate has in storeWell I hope that she'll be alrightI hope she finds real loveAnd all her dreams come trueOr at least she makes it through tonightThen I drive away as she fades out of sight.
