Iron & Wine - Waves of Galveston

[00:06.22] Leave the waves of Galveston but only if you can [00:11.38] Cause you've been hid behind the seawall, gently folded in the sand [00:18.89] Papa left you for Heaven after your Mama lost her song [00:23.60] And though your baby left you for [00:26.23] Houston, no one stays there very long [00:42.76] There's a graveyard by the pizza parlor, a gate that only closes [00:48.26] Snowbirds fly away like secrets no one really wants to know [00:55.39] The climbing moon's always shining on the kind of shells you keep [01:00.52] The broken horse tied to the water tower's running in his sleep [01:09.68] It's too bad that you ain't got a soft place to fall [01:22.18] It's too bad Texas leans to the least of us all [01:33.86] And says, "If you can make the music then you can have the dance [01:41.73] If you can shoot the pistol then you can wear the pants" [02:10.83] So leave the waves of Galveston but only if you can [02:16.14] Cause it's the only place the Lone Star kind have offered you a hand [02:23.28] Your baby left you nothing but a dog she left for dead [02:28.35] You never knew you were a burden til it hit you on the head [02:37.69] It's too bad that you ain't got a soft place to fall [02:49.78] It's too bad Texas leans to the least in us all [03:01.74] And says, "If you can make the music then you can have the dance [03:09.07] If you can shoot the pistol then you can wear the pants" [03:18.40]