Queen of the Coast - Laura Cantrell

Queen of the Coast - Laura Cantrell
She was the queen of the coast back in nineteen sixty five
Prettier'n most she could keep a room alive
With the catch in her voice and the beehive on her head
Do you remember anything she ever said
Well some stars fade faster than the rest
And the promise wore off though she did her best
She finally looked around for something else to do
What she found was a man who needed what she knew
Have you forgotten have you forgiven
Tell me are you living just a little in your past every day
Time sure has changed you it's walked right on by you
Does it satisfy you to have so little say
For the next ten years she rode around on the bus
She did washing and ironin' and pickin' up
She had a place to stand at the back of the stage
She was there every night lookin' her age
She lent her voice but she gave her heart
And I guess that must've been the hardest part
She figured out exactly what was goin' on
All the love she had given for a song
Then things unravelled like they usually do
She got her old heart busted up by husband number two
Have you forgotten have you forgiven
Tell me are you living just a little in your past every day
Time sure has changed you it's walked right on by you
Does it satisfy you to have so little to say
I'm not quite sure when she got back on the bus
She's still washing and ironing and picking up
If you look all the way to the back of the stage
She's standing at her mic looking her age
In a roadstop in Reno at supper time
Waitress comes over with a look in her eye
Says I saw you in Modesto almost thirty years ago
An I can still remember every song in your show
Please help me I'm falling don't come home a drinking
Well there's a pair of swinging doors
For every cowboy sweetheart tonight
Time sure has changed you it's walked right on by you
Does it satisfy you to have so little to say