Miss Marie & The Bedford Blaze

Lyrics

Now, if only for a minute If only for a mile If you die with true love in your hands Then you've gone out in style She was a social seaweed from the streets of San Antone He was the homeliest of homelies from Bedford, Oregon They met up in a truck stop outside of East LA He was hauling cattle, she was hauling Mary Kay Over several cups of coffee, they poured out their hearts And in a truckers' motel room, they swore that they'd never part And it was off to Vegas, to consеcrate their vows And find David Allan Coe, aftеr he dropped off them cows She met Coe one night out in Salinas She had every record that he'd ever made She always viewed him special, like a prophet They wanted him to preach the weddin' of Miss Marie to the Bedford Blaze Two losers on the lonesome side of nowhere Haulin' somethin' that they'd never seen before Drivin' love around like it was tanks of nitro He'd sing her love songs on the CB, her favorite one was Swingin' Doors She was flyin' with the stars out on the desert Rollin' like a newborn tumbleweed Finally blowin' past the years of hurt and anger On toward a bright tomorrow, Miss Marie was a-gaining speed, yeah Then the moon disappeared behind the mountains Fog covered up the grade on Phantom's Pass Blaze told Marie, "Baby, better slow it down to twenty" But the horses in her hood had her movin' way too fast She made it through the fog on skill and courage But up ahead, there appeared a light It was the driver of a stranded bus of children To save them she drove her truck off Phantom's Pass, and lost her life Blaze didn't even stop to watch her suffer Nor could his tears drown out the fire below He just drove his truck right straight on through to Vegas And found a bottle and a Bible and David Allan Coe