Ford Econoline
Nanci Griffith
She drove west from Salt Lake City to the California coastline
She hit the San Diego Freeway doing sixty miles an hour
She had a husband on her bumper
She had five restless children
She was singing sweet as a Mockingbird in that Ford Econoline
Chorus
She the salt of the earth
Straight from the bosom of the Mormon church
With a voice like wine
Cruising along in the Ford Econoline
Now the husband was a gambler, a Salt Lake City rounder
He built a golden cage around his silver throated wife
Too many nights he left her crying with his cheating and lying
But his big mistake was in buying her that Ford Econoline
Repeat Chorus
Now she sings her songs around this country
From Seattle to Montgomery
Those kids are grown and the rounder knows
You can not cage your wife
She drives a Coupe-de-Ville but her heart rides still
In that Ford Econoline
She drives a Coupe-de-Ville but her heart rides still
In that Ford Econoline
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