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Heart Of California

Terry Allen

© Bukka Cain Music, ASCAP

Runnin' hard and runnin' mean down the San Joaquin
Diamond Rio with your crazy rollin' wheels
There's a moon shinin' bright like a big eye in the night
Yeah throw'd her light down on that road to Bakersfield
Yeah the heart of California's haulin' hard times again
And the highway she does not make amends
That diesel's got to howl but the devil's on the prowl
And that white line gone it won't come along again
[ instrumental ]
Runnin' wired and runnin' fast runnin' out of gas
Diamond Rio knows what empty means
An Jesus Christ on the dash won't keep it from the crash
If ever curve is just your nerves closin' in
Yeah the heart of California's haulin' hard times again
And the highway she does not make amends
Your names out on the door and your foots down on the floor
But that white line down it won't come around again
[ instrumental ]
Yeah the Rio's commin' down outside of town
Strung out tween the asphalt and the wheel
And LA she waits like a poisonous snake
Coiled up with her diamonds in the hills
Yeah the heart of California's haulin' hard times again
And the highway she does not make amends
That road you're runnin' on's hell bent for Babylon
And that white line down it won't come around again
And that white line down will not be found again

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