Clovis, New Mexico

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well, me and Billy, we left Boulder City Decided that we'd head out west We've been east and south but it didn't workout We were getting nowhere fast Me with my guitar and him with his saddle Tryin' to outdo the rest I sang my heart out and he rides them broncs now That's what me and Billy do best We took Interstate 20 'til we ran out of money In a place just past Abilene So I sang at a honky-tonk and he broke the bad bronc And we bought some gas and some beans With a whole lot of luck and an old pickup truck We made it to New Mexico We pulled up in Clovis and I sure didn't know this Was as far as I ever would go I needed some strings, Billy wanted a ring The kind that the Indians made A voice said, "Hello, boys, I've got silver and turquoise" And that's when I saw her face [Chorus] That's when I noticed that girl down in Clovis A black-haired beauty, she set a fire to me A green-eyed lady in old jeans that were faded No, I didn't notice what happened in Clovis But I called her baby [Verse 2] I asked her with care if she'd like to share Her evening with someone my kind I said, "I ain't a winner, just a hard livin' singer" She smiled and said meet me at nine We ate tacos and talked and then we took a walk In the clean southwestern air Then we went back to her house, I took my guitar out And sang of my joy and despair She served me her wine and she helped me write lines To songs that I could not complete And her eyes seemed to say put that guitar away That's somethin' that both of us need What a beautiful sight was her face in the light And the candles there on the wall And we reached the heights of good love on that night And I hope that we never will fall [Chorus] And I'm glad I noticed that girl down in Clovis Daughter of a driller, she's a born thriller A green-eyed lady, kinda wild, kinda lazy I didn't notice what happened in Clovis But I called her baby Baby