St Estephe

iNTRO: C FF C FF C Am F C Met on an interstate bound for Carolina Am C F C It sure is hard to get there but your soul knows the way C Am F C She had the gift of tongue, laurels and medals Am C F C He gave up that life long before today G F C She was fourteen years old Am F C C/B He was barely a man Am G F Now she's pickin' up her life G C FF C FF An' he sings in the band Her eyes light up the night like itty bits of sequin She likes his face, a story of its own Company's a fright, lonely in Manhattan Waiting for a savior or to see his show She grew out her hair Says she wants to be a star It's a long road to Heaven From the backseat of a car C FF C C/B Change: Am G/B F C A dancer, a poet, a living existential Am F C C/B Nothing St. Estephe cannot save Am G/B F C One can escape from running in circles Am F G Promises die in the grave Night they finally spent, Winona Minnesota A pretty face was born here, the ugly pass away Holy is the magic in this life or after Romance is a stranger, lets a lover stay Now she's twenty years old An' she's found another man Now she's lookin' back on life And he sings in the band C FF C FF C