Tom Russell - Mineral wells

^GShe was livin' in a cadillac ^GBedded down in the back seat ^GOn a back street of the Hollywood ^Dhills ^DWith a shoebox museum of memories ^DOld photos and medical ^Gbills ^GShe'd been a great actress in two dozen movies ^GPlayed Shakespeare on the ^G7great London ^Cstage ^CBefore the three husbands, six ^Gkids and bad breaks ^GOf ^Dfifty-eight odd years of ^Gage

^GHim they called fat boy wore grey overalls ^GAnd he clocked in at four hundred ^Dpounds ^DWith a passion for food and film magazines ^DHe'd been a great critic down^Gtown ^GHe'd seen all her movies, worshipped her face ^GHeard her story and ^G7took her on ^Cin ^CThough she bore no resemblance to the ^Gstar he adored ^GThe film's ^Dover before real life ^Gbegins ^G7

^G7She ^Ctold him of a fountain of youth ^CIn the hot Texas ^Dearth ^DIt'll ^Cheal and renew us ^CIt's somewhere west of Fort ^DWorth ^DAnd she ^Cmet Errol Flynn there ^CIn the Crazy Water Ho^Gtel ^{C C}And they ^Amdanced down the street ^AmIn the ^Dmoonlight of old Mineral ^CWells

^GSo they boarded a greyhound in search of the fountain ^GFat boy and the aging film ^Dqueen ^DThrough the Great Painted Desert and all across Texas ^DAmarillo plain to Abil^Gene ^GThey got off in Fort Worth for a fresh cup of coffee ^GCaught the local to ^G7old Mineral ^CWells ^CAnd it dropped them in front of that ^Gboarded up palace ^GCalled the ^DCrazy Water Ho^Gtel

^GDisillusioned they found a cheap room off the highway ^GDrank vodka from a styrofoam ^Dcup ^DThere'd be no healing return to the past ^DThe fountain of youth had dried ^Gup ^GSo the critic and the film star held hands and drank vodka ^GAs the great Texas ^G7sun rose and ^Cfell ^CAnd drunk but still dreaming they ^Gwaltzed down the street ^GIn the ^Dmoonlight of old Mineral ^GWells ^G7

^G7She ^Ctold him of a fountain of youth ^CIn the hot Texas ^Dearth ^DIt'll ^Cheal and renew us ^CIt's somewhere west of Fort ^DWorth ^DAnd she ^Cmet Errol Flynn there ^CIn the Crazy Water Ho^Gtel ^{C C}And they ^Amdanced down the street ^AmIn the ^Dmoonlight of old Mineral ^CWells [Outro] ^CThey ^Amdanced down the street ^AmIn the ^Dmoonlight of old Mineral ^GWells ^{C G D G}