Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Virgil Spencer's got a nineteen-inch Hitachi

And many demons lingering

Friday night he pulled a gun to change the channel

Something that he picked up from the King

 His wife remembers well the man she knew

Seems the dreams she had have all turned black and blue

 She's wasted years

 No time for tears

 Cause there's another chance and a someday soon

 Shining like the Alabama - moon

 She's looking for her promised land

 Out beyond the lights of

Birmingham

It's three a.m. and Virgil's passed out on the sofa

A fifth of Jim Beam on the floor

She's packed a bag she slips the keys out of his pocket

She's careful not to slam the door

 And as she drives she rubs her rosary

 She's never been so all alone she's never felt so free

 She's got miles to go

 Blind faith and hope

 Cause there's another chance and a someday soon

 Shining like the Alabama - moon

 She's looking for her promised land

 Out beyond the lights of

Birmingham

 As the rain falls down upon the inter - state

Any doubts she had are all but washed away

 One long look back

At Birming - ham

 Cause there's another chance and a someday soon

 Shining like the Alabama - moon

 She's looking for her promised land

 Out beyond the lights of

Birmingham