Clovis, New Mexico

[Verse 1]
Well, me and Billy, we left Boulder City
Decided that we'd head out west
We've been east and south but it didn't workout
We were getting nowhere fast
Me with my guitar and him with his saddle
Tryin' to outdo the rest
I sang my heart out and he rides them broncs now
That's what me and Billy do best
We took Interstate 20 'til we ran out of money
In a place just past Abilene
So I sang at a honky-tonk and he broke the bad bronc
And we bought some gas and some beans
With a whole lot of luck and an old pickup truck
We made it to New Mexico
We pulled up in Clovis and I sure didn't know this
Was as far as I ever would go
I needed some strings, Billy wanted a ring
The kind that the Indians made
A voice said, "Hello, boys, I've got silver and turquoise"
And that's when I saw her face

[Chorus]
That's when I noticed that girl down in Clovis
A black-haired beauty, she set a fire to me
A green-eyed lady in old jeans that were faded
No, I didn't notice what happened in Clovis
But I called her baby

[Verse 2]
I asked her with care if she'd like to share
Her evening with someone my kind
I said, "I ain't a winner, just a hard livin' singer"
She smiled and said meet me at nine
We ate tacos and talked and then we took a walk
In the clean southwestern air
Then we went back to her house, I took my guitar out
And sang of my joy and despair
She served me her wine and she helped me write lines
To songs that I could not complete
And her eyes seemed to say put that guitar away
That's somethin' that both of us need
What a beautiful sight was her face in the light
And the candles there on the wall
And we reached the heights of good love on that night
And I hope that we never will fall

[Chorus]
And I'm glad I noticed that girl down in Clovis
Daughter of a driller, she's a born thriller
A green-eyed lady, kinda wild, kinda lazy
I didn't notice what happened in Clovis
But I called her baby
Baby