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Daughter and Drifter © Easterling/Townley


(V1)
The sherriff’s only daughter had some wild child in her eyes
Everyone had plans for her to marry well 
The drifter was a tumbleweed full of stories from the road 
Which ones were true was hard to tell
Opposite sides of the track 
but love don’t care about that.. 

(Chorus) 
Can’t put the smoke back in the stack, steal the wheels off the train
Keep the engine in the station after the coal has felt the flame
You can’t keep two hearts apart once that whistle plays
It’s a runaway express when love calls your name

(v2)  
She left supper on the stove and the whole town in the dark
Hitched a ride on the drifters every word
He laid his cards on the table when she called his bluff
And rolled the dice on those golden eyes of hers
Opposite sides of the track 
But love don’t care about that.. 

(Chorus) 

(v3)

A few months later she mailed a letter to tell her daddy she was fine
And saw a poster of the drifter on the wall 
Was wanted for kidnapping her and when she ran to warn him
Found him shot down by the long arm of the law
Odds were against it ending well
But it’s the story grandma lived and loved to tell

(Chorus)