[00:01.371]Love Song For Bobby Long -Grayson Capps[00:11.991]Brewton Alabama at The Colonial Inn[00:17.111]Hot day old orange juice and vodka on the night stand[00:22.481]There's a Chevy Nova with the seat burned out the back[00:28.221]From a Winston cigarette that was thumped into the window[00:34.721]Bobby Long was like Zorba the Greek[00:40.281]Side tracked by the scent of a woman[00:45.271]Could've been an actor on the movie screen[00:50.701]Stayed in Alabama just a dreamer of dreams[00:56.131]He played football against WSNeil[00:59.621]Should've seen him running down the field[01:04.991]I grow old I grow old I wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled[01:12.221]It's a love song for Bobby Long[01:18.91]A love song for Bobby Long[01:33.740]He was a handsome man he had Cherokee cheekbones[01:38.570]A fair haired boy where did he go wrong[01:43.430]He chose the road less traveled made all the difference[01:48.800]Now hes chastised criticized he don't make no sense[01:54.850]Brewton called him crazy said Bobby Long was nothing but a drunk[02:01.650]But all the thoughts in his head was way passed anything they done thunk[02:10.890]It's a love song for Bobby Long[02:16.500]A love song for Bobby Long[02:25.970]But don't get me wrong Bobby Long wasn't no good[02:31.900]He'd drag you down if he thought he could[02:36.510]Well he would drag you down[02:41.820]The road I ride will be the death of me[02:48.950]Won't you come along[02:52.870]The road I ride is gonna set me free[02:59.680]Its gonna take me home[03:24.450]He was a friend of my papa's[03:26.950]He used to drink and tell lies[03:29.630]Praised Flannery O'Connors smoked cigarettes and Philosofied[03:35.250]So here I am at The Colonial Inn[03:41.540]Me and Capn'Long and my pretty girl friend[03:46.350]Oh he charms her with a poem[03:49.530]Then he brakes down and cries[03:52.670]Smiles a crooked smile with his broken cheek bone side[03:57.980]Tells about his life now he's 63[04:03.650]He looks me in the eyes and says come and go with me[04:09.270]He could walk on water walk on water[04:13.580]But you know he drowned himself in wine[04:17.880]God and the devil God and the devil[04:20.440]God and the devil along inside his mind[04:25.490]It's a love song for Bobby Long[04:30.740]A love song for Bobby Long