Rockport

She left Rockport in December
She had nothing left to lose
Daddy died the prior winter
Momma fell in love with booze
She cashed in all her pennies
She’d been saving for so long
She asked the neighbors to watch the house
As she nailed the last board on

Hello goodbye, Hello freedom
Here’s to all the miles that build you along the way
Hello hard times, Hello demons
Here’s to all the nights when you’re too afraid to pray

She thought New Orleans was the coolest
She’d never seen that shit before
They had cold case files, voodoo smiles
And blues men on tour
But the darkness of the city
Began to show around her eyes
She found comfort in the needle
And daddy’s snubnosed .45

Hello goodbye, Hello freedom
Here’s to all the miles that build you along the way
Hello hard times, Hello demons
Here’s to all the nights when you’re too afraid to pray

He was born to migrant workers
In Southeast Arkansas
He had 2 strikes against him
Before he ever learned to crawl
They crossed paths south of Reno
Fell in love and placed their bets
But hope don’t last forever
And a fallin’ knife is hard to catch

Hello goodbye, Hello freedom
Here’s to all the miles that build you along the way
Hello hard times, Hello demons
Here’s to all the nights when you’re too afraid to pray

She left Rockport in December
She had nothing left to lose
Daddy died the prior winter
Momma fell in love with booze