nanci griffith - listen to the radio lyrics

(nanci griffith)
i am leaving mississippi in the evening rain
these delta towns wear satin gowns
in a high beamed frame
loretta lynn guides my hands through the radio
where would i be in times like these
without the songs loretta wrote?

[chorus:]
when you can't find a friend
you've still got the radio
when you can't find a friend
you've still got the radio
radio... listen to the radio
radio... listen to the radio

i left a handsome two stepped good ole boy in tennessee
now, he's sittin' on the sofa, lookin' for his supper,
wonderin' what's become of me
i've got a double-o-eighteen martin guitar in the
back seat of the car
hey, i'm leaving mississippi...
with the radio on

[chorus]

there's a moon across the border in the louisiana sky
i smell the pontchartrain, i hear silver wings
then, away merle haggard flies
that good ole boy will find a band of gold
on the stereo
hey, then my mama's gonna call and say,
"where's she gone?"
he'll say, "down the road with the radio on."