ANNA LEE'S PHONY I.D.

Anna Lee's getting out of town tonight
she done quit her waitress gig
the full moon is leaking peach brandy
so Anna Lee takes herself a swig

there's a scarecrow on fire in the garden
a ghost on the front porch swing
Anna Lee got religion today
she went and pawned her diamond ring

(chorus)
comes a time we all leave behind
our home town our first tussle with love
change our name and our number, buy a phony I.D.
go underground to rise up above

it's time for the harvest and slaughter
time for all the kids to run away from home
someone's playing harmonica down Elizabeth Street
and it's making me blue to the bone

there's a dead crow nailed to a fencepost
a dead cat run over on the road
there's a smell in the air like tequila
like something's just ready to explode

(chorus)

the bridge trestle still shows the graffiti
says, Anna Lee + Willie Long
then it's crossed over with a big black X
from when things all went so wrong

and Anna Lee she learned about breaking the law
she learned about life after death
and tonight she's dressed up for the ceremony
tonight she stops holding her breath

(chorus)

Memphis, TN
May 2000