kris kristofferson
Kristofferson wrote this about 1980, releasing it first as a single in -81, then with the collaboration album "The Winning Hand" with Willie Nelson, Brenda Lee and Dolly Parton in -82. It's found on the compilation "The Essential Kris Kristofferson" (2004) and a couple of live albums.
Kris grabbed the scene from John Steinbeck's 1939 novel "Grapes of Wrath", chapter 15. With such an amazing result, I think Steinbeck himself would have given him applause.
the scene was a small roadside cafe
the waitress was sweeping the floor
two truck drivers drinking their coffee
and two okie kids by the door
"how much are them candies?" they asked her
"how much have you got?" she replied
"we've only a penny between us"
"them's two for a penny" she lied
one truck driver called to the waitress
after the kids went outside
"them candies ain't two for a penny"
"so what's it to you?" she replied
in silence they finished their coffee
and got up and nodded goodbye
she called: "hey, you left too much money!"
"so what's it to you?" they replied
and the daylight was heavy with thunder
with the smell of the rain on the wind
ain't it just like a human
here comes that rainbow again
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the scene was a small roadside cafe E the waitress was sweeping the floor E7 two truck drivers drinking their coffee A and two okie kids by the door A how much are them candies they asked her E how much have you got she replied E7 we've only a penny between us E6 A them's two for a penny she lied A7 D A and the daylight was heavy with thunder E E7 A ...A7 with the smell of the rain on the wind D A ain't it just like a human E E6 A here comes that rainbow again
