"Ford Econoline" off of
Lone Star State of Mind, MCA records

Nanci Griffith

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Verse 1

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She drove west from Salt Lake City to the California coastline
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She hit the San Diego Freeway doing sixty miles an hour
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She had a husband on her bumper
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She had five restless children
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She was singing sweet as a mockingbird in that Ford Econoline

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She's salt of the earth
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Straight from the bosom of the Mormon church
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With a voice like wine
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Cruising along in that Ford Econoline

Verse 2
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Now her husband was a gambler, he was a Salt Lake City rounder
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He built a golden cage around his silver throated wife
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Too many nights he left her crying with his cheating and lying
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But his big mistake was in buying her that Ford Econoline

Chorus
Instrumental Solo
Chorus

Verse 3
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Now she sings her songs around this country
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Those kids are grown and that rounder knows
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You can not cage your wife
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All on the back roads of our nation
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She's become a living ledgend
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She drives a Coup DeVille but her heart rides still
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In that Ford Econoline
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She drives a Coup DeVille but her heart rides still
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In that Ford Econoline

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