Loco Gringo’s Lament Lyrics & Chords By Ray Wylie Hubbard

He'd get home at 5: 30, fix his drink And sit down in his chair Pick a fight with mama Complain about us kids getting in his hair At night he'd sit alone and smoke I'd see...read more

VERSE 1 The back roads of this county Cross like the laces on my boots And I've been running 'em down Since I was able to I left home at nineteen, Swore I was never...read more

Let this be a lesson to you, girl: Don't come around where you know you don't belong They're riding on the avenue, they're probably coming after you, and they all...read more

Well, there's some big black clouds
That's a blowin' in from the west
I've been drivin' all day
Lord, I sure could use some rest And there's a motel up ahead where I...read more

I'd play the Red River Valley And he'd sit out in the kitchen and cry And run his fingers through seventy years of livin' And wonder, "Lord, has ever' well I've drilled run...read more