Mournful, Texas
Grimes County, McBriar raised
On the steps of an old shack off the panhandle
My daddy, he tried to teach me
That you hold the strongest heart when the moon is full
Ol' buddy, you know the town is wicked
Judge Jones is known to pardon his family
And O'l Henry, he was a two-time sinner
But he wasn't as damned as the authority
Chorus:
Mournful, Texas
Top dollar at the county line
Mournful, Texas
How can I get yours if I can't get mine
Miss Martha, she had a baby
But she never claimed to have a man
And there were many, many people talkin'
But that's what you get nine miles from sin
Well I left ol' Mournful, Texas
Hear the wagon wheels move so slow
And I remember on the steps that mornin'
Heard my daddy weep as he played on his banjo
