Name: Queen of Abilene
Channel: Mark Swift
Description: "Queen of Abilene" is a song by Strawberry Nixon.

Queen of Abilene

Strawberry Nixon

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Strawberry Nixon

Acoustic rock originals mello to bluesy, artsy to novelty, serious to idiotic.

Strawberry Nixon began as an acoustic duo playing together consisting of Mark and Brandon Swift. Later, the duo expanded to a full band with the addition of a drummer and bassist.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Guitar

Charts

Peak #207

Peak in subgenre #55

Author

Mark Swift

Rights

1993

Uploaded

February 18, 2003

Track Files

MP3

MP3 4.2 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00

Lyrics

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

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