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Mineral Wells Tom Russell
[G]She was livin' in a cadillac
[G]Bedded down in the back seat
[G]On a back street of the Hollywood [D]hills
[D]With a shoebox museum of memories
[D]Old photos and medical [G]bills
[G]She'd been a great actress in two dozen movies
[G]Played Shakespeare on the [G7]great London [C]stage
[C]Before the three husbands, six [G]kids and bad breaks
[G]Of [D]fifty-eight odd years of [G]age
[G]Him they called fat boy wore grey overalls
[G]And he clocked in at four hundred [D]pounds
[D]With a passion for food and film magazines
[D]He'd been a great critic down[G]town
[G]He'd seen all her movies, worshipped her face
[G]Heard her story and [G7]took her on [C]in
[C]Though she bore no resemblance to the [G]star he adored
[G]The film's [D]over before real life [G]begins [G7]
Chorus:
[G7]She [C]told him of a fountain of youth
[C]In the hot Texas [D]earth
[D]It'll [C]heal and renew us
[C]It's somewhere west of Fort [D]Worth
[D]And she [C]met Errol Flynn there
[C]In the Crazy Water Ho[G]tel [C]
[C]And they [Am]danced down the street
[Am]In the [D]moonlight of old Mineral [C]Wells
G (alternate between |320003| and |302003|)
[G]So they boarded a greyhound in search of the fountain
[G]Fat boy and the aging film [D]queen
[D]Through the Great Painted Desert and all across Texas
[D]Amarillo plain to Abil[G]ene
[G]They got off in Fort Worth for a fresh cup of coffee
[G]Caught the local to [G7]old Mineral [C]Wells
[C]And it dropped them in front of that [G]boarded up palace
[G]Called the [D]Crazy Water Ho[G]tel
[G]Disillusioned they found a cheap room off the highway
[G]Drank vodka from a styrofoam [D]cup
[D]There'd be no healing return to the past
[D]The fountain of youth had dried [G]up
[G]So the critic and the film star held hands and drank vodka
[G]As the great Texas [G7]sun rose and [C]fell
[C]And drunk but still dreaming they [G]waltzed down the street
[G]In the [D]moonlight of old Mineral [G]Wells [G7]
Repeat Chorus
[C]They [Am]danced down the street
[Am]In the [D]moonlight of old Mineral [G]Wells [C] [G] [D] [G]
>From the album The Long Way Around 1997 Hightone Records
Live duet with Katy Moffatt
Transcribed by Greg Yuriy
Feel free to send comments to yuriym@cyberbeach.net
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