Spring Hill County Breakdown Songtext
von Brian Cadd

It was twenty miles from Talamon a Sunday morning
Clydie Harper stood there white-eyed with the sun dawning
Slowly ′round her shoulders
Just about the prettiest I had seen
Mmm, I was coming back from Springtown, the store there
Mostly food and beer and father owned a half share
And didn't have the time
To know that I had just turned seventeen

And the Springhill County breakdown′s on my mind
I guess I never had the time before
To open up old memories' doors since I became a man
Uh huh, now I can


I was scared to death standing on the road there
She was thirty-four with long and slender golden hair
It wasn't hard to see
She′d been drinking and she wanted to be free
It was strange that we got talking, I was dead with fright
She could hardly speak, I held her, she said, "Got a light?"
So drunk there on my shoulder
We climbed into a car just after dawn

And the Springhill County breakdown′s on my mind
I guess I never had the time before
To open up old memories' doors since I became a man
Mmm hmm, now I can

Get it!

Lots of years have gone and still the memory lingers
Gentle lovin′, flashing eyes and small white fingers
Pressing me to never tell
That sweet moment changed my mind forevermore

And the Springhill County breakdown's on my mind
I guess I never had the time before
To open up old memories′ doors since I became a man
And the Springhill County breakdown's on my mind
I guess I never had the time before
To open up old memories′ doors since I became a man
Oh, and now I can
Mmm hmm, now I can
Oh, now I can
Oh, now I can