Steve Earle - Summer Wages Lyrics
Never hit seventeen
When you play against the dealer
You know that the odds
Won't ride with you
And never leave your woman alone
She'll be gamled and gone
Like summer wages
And we'll keep rollin' on
'til we get to Vancouver
And the woman that I love
She's living there
It's been six long months
And more since I've seen her
Years have gambled and gone
[Chorus:]
In all the beer parlors
All down along Main Street
The dreams of the seasons
Get all spilled down on the floor
All the big stands of timber
Just waiting for falling
And the hookers standing watchfully
Waiting by the door
So I'll work on the towboats
With my slippery city shoes
Which lord I swore I would never do again
Through the gray fog-bound straits
Where the cedars stand watching
I'll be far off and gone
Like summer wages
[Chorus]
Never hit seventeen
When you play against the dealer
You know that the odds
Won't ride with you
And never leave your woman alone
With your friends around to steal her
She'll be gamled and gone
Like summer wages
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And the years are gambled and lost
Like summer wages
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Steve Earle Summer Wages Comments
Steve Earle covering Ian Tyson's best song at the Orpheum. It doesn't get much better. When he speaks of beer parlours on Main Street in Vancouver, I can still remember those places and those people. I don't live there anymore but I bet those places are pretty much all gone now.
He did this beauty in Calgary last night- what a nice surprise!
My hero! We'll see him in Seattle on 6/9. Bless your heart, Steve!
@deluxehd No need to cry, there will always be hookers standing in doorways.
The Vancouver crowd cheers to the fact that Steve Earle does a respectful and heartfelt cover of Canadian Ian Tyson's classic. Coming from someone of Earl's stature as a songwriter, that's quite a tribute, just like when Neil Young did Ian Tyson's "Four Strong Winds".
It brings tears to the eyes to think that this lifestyle is going to be a thing of the past, thanks to fucking David Suzuki and his eco-terrorists, to be replaced with songs about carbon credits and green initiatives...i weep for the fuckin' future!...
Thanks much. Three more sleeps until Steve in Winnipeg.
kyzerblayd you have manage to catch a little piece of history. many many thanks.