Sarah's Flame

Sarah memorized every bumper sticker On the back of every pickup with a rebel flag Every morning in the senior parking lot Every weekend in the fields with the windows hot She learned to work 'em in to every sentence So that she made herself useful to the men who print 'em All the way up in the balconies Half the working class is clapping ones and threes She had 'em hearing old Dixie driven down in every note of Barry's baritone (baritone) Strangle holding pearls in the clutches of their liver-spotted hands She made PC worse to momma than the VD daddy brought home from the rodeo (rodeo) She made it look so easy, all fat Donny had to do was wear the pants What's a girl gotta do to get a little bit of credit in a place like this For knowing night moves crowds would never heed the river's cautionary winds Knowing only momma's boys would claim involuntary self-inflicted rage Tiki's would've never hit the streets if it weren't for Sarah's flame Sarah memorized every bumper sticker On the back of every pickup with a rebel flag Every morning in the senior parking lot Every weekend in the fields with the windows hot (She made it look so easy) she learned to work 'em in to every sentence So that she made herself useful to the men who print 'em (She made it look so easy) all the way up in the balconies Half the working class is clapping ones and threes (she made it look so easy) Sarah memorized every bumper sticker (all fat Donny had to do was wear the pants) On the back of every pickup with a rebel flag (she made it look so easy) Every morning in the senior parking lot (all fat Donny had to do was wear the pants) (She made it look so easy) every weekend in the fields with the windows hot