MONTGOMERY IN THE RAIN
Albums: Lonesome On'ry & Mean [97], No Place to Fall [77], Seven Bridges Road [72], Solo/Live [91]
(Written by Steve Young)

Steve Young
Hank Williams (album : New South, 77)


WELL HERE I AM AGAIN DOWN IN MONTGOMERY ALABAM
MY LUCK AIN'T NEVER BEEN UP BUT I'M USED TO IT DOWN
SO ALL YOU PEOPLE DON'T LOOK AT ME AND FROWN
I DON'T WANT TO STAY HERE AND I'M JUST PASSING THROUGH YOUR TOWN
AND I JUST CAME BACK HERE TO SEE AN OLD STAINED WINDOW PANE
BEFORE YOU TEAR IT ALL DOWN AND BRING OUT YOUR CRANE
I DID WANT TO SEE MONTGOMERY I THE RAIN......

AROUND THESE STREETS AND OLD HOUSES ALOT OF CHANGES I BEEN THROUGH,
FROM THE TOP OF THE TOWN TO WASHING CARS , BEING DOWN OUT AND BLUE,
AND I ONCE MET A WOMAN HERE WITH WAYS LIKE I NEVER HAD SEEN
WE USED TO RAMBEL BETWEEN HERE AND OLD NEW ORLEANS
SO I'VE JUST COME BACK HERE TO REMEMBER A JOY AND A PAIN
TO LOOK BACK TO A YEAR THROUGH A TEAR IN AN OLD WINDOW PANE
AND I DID WANT TO SEE MONTGOMERY IN THE RAIN.....

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIDE YOUR BABY YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO GET NO GUN
I KNOW I LOOK FUNNY TO YOU ALL HONEY BUT I'M JUST ONE
WHO WAS ONCE FROM HERE AND NOW WHOSE COME BACK AGAIN
AND I'M NOT ASKING FOR NOTHING BUT MY SONG A CEMETARY WIND
AND IF ITS ALL RIGHT WITH YOU BEFORE I GET BACK ON Y TRAIN
I WANT TO GO OUT BY HANK'S TOMBSTONE AND CRY UP A THUNDER STORM
CHAIN,
CAUSE I DID WANT TO SEE MONTGOMERY IN THE RAIN.......



(Contributed by Sören Sjogren - October 2003)