Mickey Newbury

The Silver Moon Café

Mickey Newbury


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There's a blue moon in Kentucky, there's a two lane out of town, 
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Where the sign reads leaving Guthrie, population one more down 

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And there's a cafe out on the highway, truckers pouring coffee down
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There's a jukebox in the corner playing crying country sounds

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There's a woman waiting tables, she is as busy as she can be
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That is the only way she is able to hold on to her sanity