Lyrics James McMurtry

James McMurtry

Forgotten Coast

Down the highway South I'll go

Wewahitchka to Port St. Joe

I'm gonna walk the beach with a pirate's ghost

We'll haunt that old forgotten coast

I'm gonna trade my car and change my name

Put Wesson Oil in my bar and chain

I'm gonna fix a road kill black bear roast

And get fat on that forgotten coast

No one's gonna find me there

With my steel guitar and my rocking chair

Among the seafood shacks and oyster boats

I'll hide out on that forgotten coast

No one's gonna find me there

With my fishing pole and my rocking chair

Tell the one I'll miss the most

He's down on that forgotten coast

Down the highway South I'll go

Wewahitchka to Port St. Joe

I'm gonna walk the beach with a pirate's ghost

We'll haunt that old forgotten coast

Gonna cut my hair and change my name

And when the percodan won't touch the pain

Tell the one I miss the most

He's down on that forgotten coast