Miss Ater

(c)2007 Sally Jaye
(2006 PAPERSALLY MUSIC / ASCAP)


Miss Ater was a sad sad girl
You see her sweet momma died
It was the end of her world
And for days and days she cried

Many moons and many years ago
Sim Bennon left her side
The last thing she remembers
Smiling in his flannel shirt
I'll see you when the cotton is high

And the rain in Sylvester
Falls harder than anywhere
Like the Devil's got his fist on your house
And the dirt roads and tobacco fields
Looked the same for all these years
Like God forgot to finish this town

Floyd painted from morning to night
Takin' his breaks for cold beer
He was known as the great white Knight
Sittin' in his rocking chair

And Norman waved his magic wand
For all the kids in the trailer park
The doves sang the prettiest song
With whiskey in their coffee
And church and Sunday morning
Everybodys got a way of getting on

And the rain in Sylvester
Falls harder than anywhere
Like the Devil's got his fist on your house
And the dirt roads and tobacco fields
Looked the same for all these years
Like God forgot to finish this town
I think God forgot to finish this town

And the rain in Sylvester
Falls harder than anywhere
Like the Devil's got his fist on your house
And the dirt roads and tobacco fields
Looked the same for all these years
Like God forgot to finish this town
I think God forgot to finish this town
I think God forgot to finish this town
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