Story Behind The Song

My dad, Flip LaFlesh, gets music credit on this one. It's exactly the type of stuff that he listened to and played (and played and played and played). My wife, Barbara, gets title/lyric credits for, while watching a half-hearted swing during a RedSox game

Song Description

A man, dumped, left to find solace in a lonely bar! What FUN !!

Lyrics

© 2007
Hank Thomas
all rights reserved

Texas Melancholy Swing

I'm gonna find myself a whole new way of dancin'
One that don't involve no stompin', jumps', or prancin'
Gonna sit all by myself and hold my head up low
And do the Texas, Melancholy Swing

Ain't no ride-em, rope-em cowboys here, sure ain't no movie stars
Just a corner booth inside a dingy dusty dim-lit bar
I'll hold my head in my two hands, slowly sway it side to side
And do the Texas, Melancholy Swing

BRIDGE
Ain't no reason for a sunny disposition on my face
No reasons I should smile and say I'm finishin' this race
Her choice is clearly made, she packed her bags and left me here
To do the Texas, melancholy swing

I guess you figured out by now just how this story's gotta end
In the name of love I begged and pleaded please don't go away
I can't live with you gone but she just laughed out loud
And left me here to do, the melancholy swing

I'm gonna find myself a whole new way of dancin'
One that don't involve no stompin', jumps', or prancin'
I'm gonna sit all by myself and hold my head up low
And do the Texas, Melancholy Swing

I'm gonna sit all by myself and hold my head up low
And do the Texas, Melancholy Swing

Playlist Creator	Playlist Name	Date Added
David Bruce Davis	My Top Songs	11/24/2007