Steve Earle(born January 17, 1955) is a singer-songwriterbest known for his countrymusic and rock 'n roll tinged " alt-country." He is also a published writer, a keen political activist (particularly in protesting against the death penalty in the U.S., as in his song "Ellis Unit One" from the movie Dead Man Walking), and has written and directed a play. Born in Hampton, Virginia, legend has it that a box of Texas dirt, sent by his grandfather, was brought into the delivery room, so that it could be said that the first soil Earle's feet ever touched was Texan. He moved around the U.S. with his parents, before dropping out of school in the 8th grade and heading to Houston, Texas, to explore a career in music. In 1975, he moved to Nashville and worked as a songwriter.
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Ft. Worth Blues Lyrics
Steve Earle
In ft. worth all the neon's burnin' bright
Pretty lights red and blue
But they'd shut down all the honky tonks tonight
And say a prayer or two
If they only knew
You used to say the highway was your home
But we both know that ain't true
It's just the only place a man can go
When he don't know where he's travelin' to
But colorado's always clean and healin'
And tennessee in spring is green and cool
It never really was your kind of town
But you went around with the ft. worth blues
Somewhere up beyond the great divide
Where the sky is wide and the clouds are few
A man can see his way clear to the light
Just hold on tight
That's all you gotta do
And they say texas weather's always changin'
And one thing change'll bring is somethin' new
And houston really ain't that bad a town
So you hang around with the ft. worth blues
There's a full moon over galway bay tonight
Silver light over green and blue
And every place i travel through, i find
Some kinda sign that you've been through
But amsterdam was always good for grieving
And london never fails to leave me blue
Paris never was my kinda town
So i walked around with the ft. worth blues