country style song reflecting on every persons responsiblities

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most of my music starts as a chord pattern that inspires me to sit and struggle with lyrics. how the lyrics come about is a total mystery to me. this song is about the tragedy of abusive relationships and the blind eye many people have for them.

Whiskey Hill Road
jim burgan
©8/31/2005

1. i read it in the evenin papers
i read how it all went down
little ginnie barton
ran her car off whiskey hill road
not sure how she done it
how she lost control
but she was going to fast
on the long hard curve
when she drove off whiskey hill road

there's a little boy
who'll miss his momma
heard about a baby
that won't be born
but the last i heard her talkin
it was downtown just last week
she said there won't be no more beatins
she wasn't takin anymore grief

2. billy was a good looker
and ginny loved him so
that's why when he asked her
she moved up whiskey hill road
now when they first got started
they seemed like heavens match
they had a little boy
billy was toeing the line
up on whiskey hill road

then he started
hittin the bottle
started runnin with them
boys uptown
then one day at the market
ginny's in town for some milk
with an eye black as coal
she said she fell
up on whiskey hill road

3. (solo)
(solo)

i guess
we saw it comin
an ending
this whole town wrote
now ginnie's in the evenin papers
and billie's in an uptown bar
and their little boy's
all by himself
up on whiskey hill road


4. yea i read it in the papers
heard it on the evenin news
little ginnie barton
ran her car off whiskey hill road
ginny's gone on to meet her maker
and ginny's momma she took boy
and in the bars downtown
billy's makin the rounds
tryin to drown out whiskey hill road

if hindsight
was worth something
maybe ginny
she'd still be safe
but we closed our eyes when she need us
only half listened to she said
should've give her a hand
and helped her down
down from whiskey hill road

little ginnie barton
ran her car off whiskey hill road

as you travel along I90 to Buffalo, NY the names of the roads are on a sign on each bridge. whiskey hill road stuck with me and one day a chord pattern i was working on lead to these lyrics.