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Oil City Girl

(Kevin Gordon/Colin Linden)

She was born in east Oklahoma, spittin’ distance from the Arkansas line Way up on Willamina Mountain, higher than a vine can climb

Her daddy found work, down in Louisiana

Pretty soon they were boomtown bound
Threw a big old trunk on top of that beater full of hope and hand-me-downs
hope and hand-me-downs

Staring out from the backseat, dreaming of diamonds and pearls
She was an Okie baby, now she’s an Oil City girl

All week long from dawn to dark

They were drilling those wells on the water

Nothing looked so fine come quittin’ time

As the foreman’s green-eyed daughter

Kool Point was a roughneck joint,
Tables nailed down to the floor

You hear the steel guitar, tip a Mason jar, hear ‘em hollerin’ out for more-- With a sheriff standing at the door

Spit-shine Saturday night in a neon world

And the brightest light that shines is an Oil City girl

When the boom went bust and gold turned to dust
And the people left town in a wave

Before too long there wasn’t much left to save

Now me and my shadow, fishing on a jon boat, fifty years gone by

I’m casting my line around them creosote posts and all them wells run dry
Not much remains but the rattling chains of a ghost town memory

When the wind blows wild it still makes me smile

Thinking about my old used-to-be, the only true love for me

Wait up, Willie Mae, I’ll see you in another world

‘cause my spirit's gonna rise and I’ll find my Oil City girl

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from Down to the Well: Solo Demos Unearthed, released August 6, 2020

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Kevin Gordon Nashville, Tennessee

Kevin Gordon is a Louisiana native whose latest releases, Tilt & Shine, Long Gone Time, & 2012's Gloryland, earned raves from the NY Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, and others. His songs have been recorded by Keith Richards, Levon Helm, Hard Working Americans, Irma Thomas, & others. "Down to the Well", a duet w/Lucinda Williams, was featured on the Oxford American Southern Music Sampler. ... more

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