The Ballad of Sue and Ray

The Ballad of Sue and Ray by Havilah Rand, Sue and Ray Hunter

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The Ballad of Sue and Ray
by Havilah Rand
Based on the life story of Ray and Sue Hunter

He saw her walkin by
pushing a carriage
flashing a smile
on a bench in San Francisco
not a penny to his name

the logging company had gone bust
he'd sold the chevy and the truck
the pretty yellow farmhouse swept away in the divorce
he took up with the navy and went to war
now he's hitching a ride with Aunt Eleanor

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enchanted highway take me away
to our beloved cabin in discovery bay
where diamonds grow on cactus
and our broken hearts are whole
eating waffles on the front porch
fifty years and I only love you more

she hammered past Mt Shasta
with her baby in a VW van
to meet a man
instead she found a circus

haight ashbury in 67 a carnival
charles manson preaching on a corner
the girls would gather round
her sisters said its time to turn around
there's no going in reverse we're northern bound

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she was Doris Day in cowgirl boots
he took one look and then he knew
the war was finally over
love was all around

they barreled down the mountains
with saint helen on their heels
spreading laughter and adventure
through the trees and rocks and rivers

to paradise and back
making love next to the railroad tracks
they bought an acre to call home
with no electricity
camping under a canopy
Three daughters made a family

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