Growing up in the Northeast I was always fascinated by Southern culture and lifestyle. This song is inspired by the great writings of Tennessee Williams, William Faulkner, and Truman Capote, as well as the great actor John Hawkes in the film Winter’s Bone.
Blue gingham dress, second-hand shoes
Dirt on her fingers like some second-hand news
She’s washing the dishes, she’s singing a song
Gonna sit on this porch until she comes along
She come down from the holler, works for my family
She got sisters and brothers living in poverty
Her daddy had a still, found his bones up near the creek
Poor thing so hungry she could hardly speak
Momma taught her how to cook, how to use a needle and thread
She took care of us kids, she’d bake us gingerbread
Grew up tall and pretty, with a smile from heaven above
I swore to the angels she’d be my only love.
But Daddy took a fancy as that girl came of age
His hunger knew no bounds, like a possum in a cage
They stole off together, heard that old truck drive away
Been 30 years now, I hear the sound to this day
The world is a wild place, full of twists and turns
Like a fire in forest, it knows not how it burns
I still dream of that girl, my true love she'll ever be
And late at night I wonder, if she ever thinks of me
Chris Murphy is an American musician, singer/songwriter \ multi-instrumentalist , composer, arranger, and producer. His
music influences come from jazz, blues, country, classical, ethnic and electronic, resulting in a distinctly original and powerful voice. Cyrus Rhodes of NO DEPRESSION considers Murphy to be “one of the best songwriters in popular music unjustly flying under the radar.”...more
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