Barroom Girls
Gillian Welch
CAPO 5 Well the night came undone like a party dress And fell at her feet in a beautiful mess The smoke and whisky came home in her curls And crept through the dreams of the barroom girls She tosses and turns ’cause the sun is unkind And the heat of the day is coming in through the blinds Save all your blue skies for the rest of the world ’Cause the neon shines for the barrooms girls The barroom girls go by your side Like the ponies you pass on a carousel ride And all of the colours go round in a swirl When you dance in the arms of the barroom girls Now she rolls to her feet ’cause she can’t sleep no more And looks at the clothes laying out on the floor Last night’s spangles and yesterday’s pearls Are the bright morning stars of the barroom girls