Album: Lasso from El PasoDear Abbie(Kinky Friedman)
From a friend of yours in Texas
Who¡¯s had a little trouble finding love.
I¡¯m considered quite attractive
And I¡¯ve always been quite active at the club.
But the life I lead¡¯s so lonesome
That I wonder, Abbie, if you¡¯ve ever known
What it¡¯s like to live in others¡¯ dreams
And never have a dream to call your own.
There¡¯s a divorcee in Dallas,
There¡¯s a girl who¡¯s much too young in Idaho.
London Bridge is falling down
And the clergyman is out of town
And there¡¯s a daughter no one wants in Buffalo.
And I¡¯m wondering ¡®bout America,
Wondering if we lost more than the war.
I¡¯m just wondering if there¡¯s any silver lining left
Behind the golden door.
And dear Abbie, Abbie I just had to write.
Dear Abbie, Abbie is there any love in sight ?
Well, the last time that I saw you
You were living at the old Chelsea Hotel.
Even though it¡¯s been a while, hell
Even now it makes me smile
To think of how you tennis-shoed the bill.
And it seems like only yesterday
You fell off of the sea-saw and you cried
And your daddy lit the fireworks
In the backyard on the fourth day of July.
And dear Abbie, Abbie I just had to write,
Dear Abbie, Abbie, where are you tonight ?
