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I've been searching so long for the girl that's right for me
Then this old gypsy woman read my fortune in the tea
She said if you want the girl to love you you've got to learn to love you first
Head on down to Abilene there's a girl to quench your thirst
They call her the queen of Abilene

I got broke down in Alabama just ten miles across the line
Met this old man blowin' harp, playin' blues, sipped a little home-made wine
He said if you want the girl to love you you've got to learn to play the blues
That's the song that's in her soul and the dance that's in her shoes
They call her the queen of Abilene

Well I hitch hiked into Mississippi caught a ride on a big old truck
Met this hobo at the railway station that was down on his luck
He said if you want the girl to love you you've got to learn to walk the rails
That train'll stop every time she talks she'll make that engine wail
They call her the queen of Abilene

So I walked the rails into Abilene to this run down country dive
It was called the thirsty stranger I could hear the blues coming from inside
When I heard the engine wail it was a blessing from above
Standing in the corner was the girl I learned to love
They call her the queen of Abilene
They call her the queen of Abilene