Lyrics
Intro
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Verse 1
Me and the boys were loafing on the corner
Just shooting the breeze on a Tuesday
Nothing much shaking on Main and Third
Till a little bird walked by my way
She hit that pavement like a hurricane
Blew every hat off clean down the lane
My knees went soft my tongue went numb
I stood there grinning like a fool in the sun
Pre-Chorus
What legs what hair
What a face what grace
When she moves the whole street stops
All in one heartbeat
Chorus
Pelicana of my heart
Pelicana of my heart
The whole town froze when you walked in
Pelicana of my heart
Post-Chorus
Oh-oh-oh
La-la-la
Oh-oh-oh
Verse 2
Now I ain't much for poetry
I fix tires down at Miller's garage
But standing there I found a thousand words
And lost every last one of them
She smiled and the sidewalk turned to gold
I forgot my name and where I was told
My buddy Elmo poked me in the ribs
Said boy you better go and get her
Pre-Chorus
What legs what hair
What a face what grace
When she moves the whole street stops
All in one heartbeat
Chorus
Pelicana of my heart
Pelicana of my heart
The whole town froze when you walked in
Pelicana of my heart
Post-Chorus
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Bridge
I been around this old town
I seen a lot of pretty things
But nothing ever grabbed me
Nothing ever took my wings
If she'd just look my way
I'd trade my truck my dog my boots
For one slow walk beside her
One hello and one how-do
Guitar Solo
Chorus
Pelicana of my heart
Pelicana of my heart
The whole town froze when you walked in
Pelicana of my heart
Post-Chorus
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La-la-la
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Chorus
Pelicana of my heart
Pelicana of my heart
I'd stand right here till kingdom come
Pelicana of my heart
Outro
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Spoken
Well now hold on just a minute folks
Let me tell you how this thing turned out
See I finally got my feet to move
After Elmo shoved me off the curb
Verse 3
I walked up to her by the drugstore sign
Said ma'am my name is Wilbur Kane
She turned around and looked at me
And I forgot the English language
She said I'm new in town just passing through
I got a sister down in Tupelo
And every word that woman spoke
Sounded like a Sunday morning
Pre-Chorus
What legs what hair
What a face what grace
When she moves the whole street stops
All in one heartbeat
Chorus
Pelicana of my heart
Pelicana of my heart
The whole town froze when you walked in
Pelicana of my heart
Post-Chorus
Oh-oh-oh
La-la-la
Oh-oh-oh
Verse 4
Now I ain't never been no Romeo
I got grease underneath my nails
But I bought her a root beer float
And she drank it slow and told me tales
About a farm outside of Memphis
And a dog named Alabama Blue
And I sat there like a schoolboy
Hanging on to every syllable
Spoken
And fellas
That's when it happened
Bridge 2
She laughed and I swear the streetlight hummed
She talked and the whole town listened in
Elmo dropped his sandwich in the gutter
And old man Pruitt dropped his chin
If love is just a moment
Then I got me about an hour
If love is just a feeling
Then I got me one that's louder
Ukulele Break
Verse 5
Now the sun went down behind the feed store
And the boys all drifted home
But I walked her to the corner
Where the yellow streetlamp glows
She said Wilbur you're a funny man
And I said ma'am that's all I am
And she wrote her name on a napkin
And she put it in my hand
Pre-Chorus
What legs what hair
What a face what grace
When she moves the whole street stops
All in one heartbeat
Chorus
Pelicana of my heart
Pelicana of my heart
The whole town froze when you walked in
Pelicana of my heart
Post-Chorus
Oh-oh-oh
La-la-la
Oh-oh-oh
Verse 6
Well a week went by and then a month
And a postcard came from Arkansas
Said Wilbur come on down here
If you still got that beat-up car
So I quit the garage on Friday
Told Miller I was gone for good
Packed my tools and my dog and my boots
Like any sensible man would
Spoken
And I drove
And I drove
And I drove some more
Chorus
Pelicana of my heart
Pelicana of my heart
I drove a thousand miles of road
Pelicana of my heart
Post-Chorus
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Verse 7
Now it's twenty years this coming spring
And the corner store's a bank
But every Tuesday me and Pelicana
Walk down Main and Third and thank
The hurricane that blew us in
The day the whole town stopped
She still got legs she still got grace
And I still got one heartbeat
Final Chorus
Pelicana of my heart
Pelicana of my heart
The whole town froze when you walked in
Pelicana of my heart
Outro
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La-la-la
Oh-oh-oh
Mm-hmm
Spoken
Well hold on now folks
Before you all go home
There's one more part of this story
I ain't never told nobody
Verse 8
It was twenty years and one more Tuesday
When a U-Haul pulled up on Main
Out stepped a girl about seventeen
With her mama's walk and her mama's name
She said sir is this the corner
Where my daddy met my mom
I said honey look around you
This is where the whole thing come from
Spoken
And I'll be darned
If that girl didn't have them legs
And that hair
And that face
And that grace
Pre-Chorus
Same legs same hair
Same face same grace
When she moves the whole street stops
All in one heartbeat
Chorus
Pelicana of my heart
Pelicana of my heart
The whole town froze all over again
Pelicana of my heart
Post-Chorus
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La-la-la
Oh-oh-oh
Verse 9
So we took her down to Miller's old garage
Where the boys still hang around
And Elmo he's a grandpa now
But he still wears that frown
He said child your mama walked this block
And stopped a Tuesday dead
And every fella on this street
Still carries her in his head
Chorus
Pelicana of my heart
Pelicana of my heart
Two generations stopped and stared
Pelicana of my heart
Post-Chorus
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La-la-la
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Talkbox Verse
Well I ain't got no golden words
I got a wrench and a beat-up Ford
But I'll tell you what your mama did
The day she walked that board
She turned a Tuesday into gold
She turned a street into a song
And honey if you're half of her
Then this town won't last too long
Strings Interlude
Verse 10
That night we sat out on the porch
Me and Pelicana side by side
She said Wilbur look how far we come
From a root beer float and a ride
And I said darlin I still got
That napkin with your name
And she laughed the way she laughed back then
And the whole town sounded the same
Spoken
Now listen here
I ain't no poet
And I ain't no Romeo
But I know a hurricane when I see one
Pre-Chorus
What legs what hair
What a face what grace
When she moves my whole world stops
All in one heartbeat
Final Chorus
Pelicana of my heart
Pelicana of my heart
The whole town froze when you walked in
Pelicana of my heart
Pelicana of my heart
Pelicana of my heart
I'd do it all again my friend
Pelicana of my heart
Post-Chorus
Oh-oh-oh
La-la-la
Oh-oh-oh
Spoken
So if you're ever down on Main and Third
And the street goes quiet and still
Don't you worry folks
That's just Pelicana
Walking by
And stopping every heartbeat
In this old town
Outro
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(What legs what hair)
La-la-la
(What a face what grace)
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