Gulf coast highway
He worked the rails
He worked the rice fields
With their cold dark wells
He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico
The only thing we've ever owned
Is this old house here by the road
And when he dies he says
He'll catch some blackbird's wing
He will fly away to heaven
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring
(She walked through springtime
When I was home
The days were sweet
The nights were warm
The seasons changed
The jobs would come
The flowers fade
And this old house felt so alone
When the work took me away
And when she dies
She says she'll catch some blackbird's wing
And she will fly away to heaven
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring)

Highway 90
The jobs are gone
We tilled our garden
We set the sun
This is the only place on earth blue bonnets grow
And once a year they come and go
At this old house here by the road
And when we die
We say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
And we will fly away to heaven
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring
Yes, when we die
We say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
And we will fly away together
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring