Her West Was Wilder

Album: Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
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  • There?s a picture of us in Baha, California
    Eating fish tacos and drinking cold, cold beer
    And man we had the time of our lives
    Yes that was a very good year
    Drove all the way up the coast of California
    All the way up to 101
    One time we cruised all the way to Vancouver
    Just to watch the setting sun
    Every time I looked in those far away eyes
    I could see me getting left behind
    I gave her my best
    But her west was wilder than mine

    Got lost in the desert and found an Indian casino
    And she started rolling those nines
    Stacking up the chips half way to heaven
    Without even trying
    We watched it all go at the roulette wheel
    She let it all ride on the black
    She said don?t worry baby
    You can?t keep what you never had
    You can?t keep what you never had
    Laugh like the devil and howl at the moon
    I knew I was losing my mind
    I gave her my best
    But her west was wilder than mine

    I was gasin' up in a dust storm outside of Sedona
    She was chasing tumbleweed
    She flagged down a kenworth and jumped in a cab
    It was the last of her I'd ever seen
    It was the last of her I'd ever seen

    Where the wild wind blows and anything goes
    As long as its over the line
    I gave her my best
    But her west was wilder than mine
    It was wilder than mine

    There's a picture of us down in Baha, California
    Eating fish tacos, drinking cold, cold beer Writer/s: BOB DIPIERO, KIX BROOKS
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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