"Big Time Lonesome" lyrics - JOHN GORKA

When her sweet summer love had turned and gone
He put a big time Moses lonesome on
He got back the ring with the note she'd sent
When he tried to make it permanent

Love was one big storm moving down the line
She didn't dream anymore of their future time
No sound from the pillow by the window sill
Between her and the call of the whippoorwill

Traveling salesmen, merchant crew
The carnies and the truckers too
If you live your life with your baggage packed
It seems you leave more often than you come back

And every day man was what she wanted
So she gave up the ghost of the chance he haunted
And every night man who would care for her
Like this sometime shining visitor

Maybe love for her shouldn't burn that bright
But shine with a lean warm and steady light
Someone who'd listen and could talk with her
I've heard such perfect men occur

The work he loved took him far from home
Soon she tired of too much time alone
He loved her and she loved him
But her big time lonesome did them in

When love's a storm moving down the line
How can you dream anymore of the future time
No sound from the pillow by the window sill
Between her and the call of the whippoorwill