Tom Russell - Touch of evil

The ^Fnight my baby left me I ^Fcrossed the bridge to Juarez a^Fvenu^C/Fe ^FLike that ^Fmovie "Touch of evil" I got the ^FOrson Wells, Marlene Dietrich ^Fblues ^FWhere Orson ^Fwalks in to the whore house and ^FMarlene says "Man, you look like ^Fhel^F/Cl" And Orson's ^Fchewing on a chocolate bar as the l^F/Cights go on in the old Blue Star hotel "Read my ^Ffuture" says old Orson, "down inside the tea leaves of your ^Emcup" And she says "^DmYou ain't got no future, Hank, ^FI believe your f^Guture's all used ^Fup"

Why don't you ^Ftouch me anymore? Why don't you ^Ftouch me anymore? G F (C7) Why do you run away and hide? You know it hurts me deep inside Why do you ^Fclose the bedroom door? This is a ^Fbrutal little war What good is ^Gall this fightin' for if you don't ^Ftouch me any^Fmore?

They ^Fshot "A touch of evil" in a ^FVenice, California colo^Fny^{C/F F}And I grew near ^Fthose dead canals where they filmed the ^Flongest pan shot ever ^Fmade ^FNow I'm thinking a^Fbout the movie, the ^Fbar I'm in, the bridge, the Rio ^FGrande^F/F Now I'm t^Fhinking about my baby and the ^F/Cborderline 'tween a woman and a man I was d^Frunk as Orson Wells the night I crawled backwards out the ^Emdoor I was ^Dmscreaming "Baby, baby ^Fhow come you ^Gtouch me any^Fmore?"

Oh, some^Fone rolled the credits on ^Ftwenty years of love turned dark and ^Fraw^C/F Not a ^Ftechnicolor l^Fove film, it's a ^Fbrutal document, it's film ^Fnoir And it's ^Fall played out on a ^Fborderline and the ^Factors are tragically mis^Fcas^F/Ft Like a Mexican bur^Flesk show where the ^F/Ccharacters are wearing comic masks Oh, it's ^Flove and love alone I cry to the barmen in this Juarez water^Emhole As we raise a ^Dmglass to Orson and ^F"A touch of evil" ^Glivin' our ^Fsouls