Mollie from Come On by michael thorne jarrett

Mollie

Mollie was a barefoot dancer
Gliding through them second glances
All the boys would wait their chance
Just to hold her hand

She could make the rain start smiling
With just a wink of her eye
She'd put the sun back in the sky
Whenever she's around
Local boys say...

Oh my, Miss Mollie, I'd like to be your man tonight
Won't you dance me 'round there for a while
She'd grin and take their hands
Spin 'em like the prairie wind
Yes sir, a waltz with her sure could get you high

The women talked there in the corner
The men would watch over their shoulder
She'd two-step like she was older
Than just seventeen

Like the sunlight on the water
Cotton dress wrapped round about her
She made 'em think of times they never
Thought they'd see again
They'd say...

Green eyes and brown hair braided
In my mind still unfaded
Every song that I played
She'd seem to dance for me

• Acoustic
• Texas folk
• lyricist
• poet
• singer-songwriter
• storyteller
• Texas