Drippin' Springs

I spent last night in Drippin’
with another man’s woman
we slept in separate bedrooms
he stayed in New York City

I spent last night in Drippin’
south of Austin thirty miles
you know how the truth hurts
when you get it caught in lies

We’d hung out talkin’ dirty
country western sings the blues
drinkin’ beer and Wild Turkey
shootin’ dollars worth of pool

She introduced me to the kitty
the riot shotgun and the dogs
we smoked a couple bowls
and watched teevee
like falling off a log

I spent last night in Drippin’
with another man’s woman
we slept in separate bedrooms
he stayed in New York City

he called her late that evening
to ask her where she’d been
she said out Christmas shopping
and hung up the phone then

I spent last night in Drippin’
south of Austin thirty miles
you know how the truth hurts
when you get it caught in lies

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David L. White
from Songs for Tentative Guitar
Pilot Press - Austin 1980