Texas Trilogy Daybreak by Steven Fromholz Lyrics
Six o'clock silence of a new day beginning
Is heard in a small Texas town
Like a signal from nowhere the people who live there
Are up and moving around
’Cause there's bacon to fry
There's biscuits to bake
On the stove that the Salvation Army won’t take
You open the windows and you turn on the fan
'Cause it's hotter than hell when the sun hits the land
Walter and Fanny well they own the grocery
That sells most all that you need
They've been up and working since early this morning
They've got the whole village to feed
They put out fresh eggs, throw bad ones away
That rotted because of the heat yesterday
The store is all dark so you can't see the flies
That settle on 'round steak and last Monday's pies
Sleepy hill’s drugstore and the cafe are open
The coffee is bubbling hot
’Cause the folks that ain't working gonna sit there ’til sundown
And talk about what they ain't got
Someone just blew a clutch in the old pickup truck
Seems like they're riding on a streak of bad luck
The doctor bills came and the well has gone dry
Seems their grown kids don't care whether they live or die
Hell I can remember when Cockrell Texas was a good place for a man to live and raise a family
’Course that's before the cotton gin closed down, heh
It's been that long ago
You know it seems like only yesterday ole Steve Hughes lost is arm in that infernal machine and walked all the way home bleeding to death
'Course new highway helped some when they dammed up the Brazos to build Lake Whitney
Brought some fishermen down from Dallas and Fort Worth
Town sure has been quiet though since they closed down the depot and built that new trestle out west of town
You know the train just don't stop here anymore
No the train just don't stop here anymore
Is heard in a small Texas town
Like a signal from nowhere the people who live there
Are up and moving around
’Cause there's bacon to fry
There's biscuits to bake
On the stove that the Salvation Army won’t take
You open the windows and you turn on the fan
'Cause it's hotter than hell when the sun hits the land
Walter and Fanny well they own the grocery
That sells most all that you need
They've been up and working since early this morning
They've got the whole village to feed
They put out fresh eggs, throw bad ones away
That rotted because of the heat yesterday
The store is all dark so you can't see the flies
That settle on 'round steak and last Monday's pies
Sleepy hill’s drugstore and the cafe are open
The coffee is bubbling hot
’Cause the folks that ain't working gonna sit there ’til sundown
And talk about what they ain't got
Someone just blew a clutch in the old pickup truck
Seems like they're riding on a streak of bad luck
The doctor bills came and the well has gone dry
Seems their grown kids don't care whether they live or die
Hell I can remember when Cockrell Texas was a good place for a man to live and raise a family
’Course that's before the cotton gin closed down, heh
It's been that long ago
You know it seems like only yesterday ole Steve Hughes lost is arm in that infernal machine and walked all the way home bleeding to death
'Course new highway helped some when they dammed up the Brazos to build Lake Whitney
Brought some fishermen down from Dallas and Fort Worth
Town sure has been quiet though since they closed down the depot and built that new trestle out west of town
You know the train just don't stop here anymore
No the train just don't stop here anymore