Bright Morning Light

She was a waitress in a west Texas dance hall

I was a cowboy with a throat full of sand

I called her honey when she brought my whiskey

And later I left there holding her hand

Then we walked down the street to a tumble down hotel

Where she had a room on a cold second floor

And that room looked like hell just a bed and a table

A shade on the window and a lock on the door

I said to myself she’s cheap and she’s easy

But she don’t look half bad I’ll stay for the night

But I’ll leave when it’s early cause I’ve got this feeling

She won’t look so good in the bright morning light

Yeah I’ve known some devils and I’ve known some angels

I once had a woman on the Mexico line

But I’ve never been touched like that woman touched me

She lay there beside me and crawled in my mind

And we talked and we smoked and made love till morning

The sun came a streaming through a hole in the shade

And it fell like a spotlight on her face and her body

And it hung like a halo round the bed where we lay

I said to myself she’s cheap and she’s easy

But she don’t look half bad I guess I’ll stay for the night

But I’ll tell you boys that was five years ago and Lord God what a woman

She still looks as good in the bright morning light