Amarillo Lyrics by Emmylou Harris

Amarillo Lyrics

    (emmylou harris/rodney crowell)

    My baby never was the cheatin' kind
    But it wasn't 'cause the ladies didn't try
    Now everywhere we go
    They're walkin' 'round him slow
    Givin' him a flutter and a sigh
    Now i got him past that redhead in atlanta
    Lord i walked all over that black-eyed cajun queen
    But outside of amarillo, he found his thrill, i'll tell you
    Oh, i lost him to a jukebox and a pinball machine

    Oh amarillo what'd you want my baby for
    Oh amarillo now he won't come home no more
    You done played a trick on me
    Hooked him in the first degree
    While he put another quarter
    Push dolly and then porter
    While he racks up fifty thousand on the pinball machine

    If we only hadn't stopped in there for coffee
    If someone hadn't played the window up above
    He'd still be mine today
    But he heard those fiddles play
    One look and then i knew this must be love
    Oh that pinball machine was in the corner
    Well he saw the lights and he had to hear 'em ring
    And he never was the same after he won his first free game
    Oh i lost him to a jukebox and a pinball machine

    Oh amarillo what'd you want my baby for
    Oh amarillo now he won't come home no more
    You done played a trick on me
    Hooked him in the first degree
    While he put another quarter
    Push dolly and then porter
    While he racks up fifty thousand on the pinball machine

    Oh amarillo what'd you want my baby for
    Oh amarillo now he won't come home no more
    You done played a trick on me
    Hooked him in the first degree
    While he put another quarter
    Push dolly and then porter
    While he racks up fifty thousand on the pinball machine



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