HIGH PLAINS JAMBOREE
(Terry Allen)


Bobby Bare - 1975
Terry Allen - 1979
The Geezinslaw Brothers - 1980





Well, she was a honky tonker and he was a family man
Yeah, and she showed him her gold teeth when he'd hold her little hand
And they met out on the highway at the Paradise Motel Lounge
On Saturday night when things weren't right between him and his wife in town

And they's just another couple on a High Plains Jamboree
Playin' out them sad songs they understand
They're just another couple makin' jukebox memories
And walkin' into troubles hand in hand

(Instrumental Break)

Well, now she weren't no maid of cotton and he weren't no hell of a man
But they must 've loved each other like only the lonely can
'Cause they slow danced through the neons like sorrow through a song
Then they carried the tune to the motel room and played it all night long

And they's just another couple on a High Plains Jamboree
Playin' out them sad songs they understand
Yeah, they're just another couple makin' jukebox memories
And a-walkin' into troubles hand in hand
Yes, they're walkin' into troubles hand in hand






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2012)