Dana & Susan Robinson | Neo-Traditional Singer-Songwriters

Cairo
By Dana Robinson

Floodplain makes good cotton fields
I’ve got Dixieland beneath my wheels
And faded, faded skies – Cairo in my eyes

I been here once or twice before
And danced the Charleston on barroom floors
Faded, faded skies – Cairo in my eyes

The dress was fine and the mood was gay
Money flowed and brass bands played
Faded, faded skies – Cairo in my eyes

Some folks curse and shun this town
Say the devil gonna bring her down

On a spit of land where the rivers meet
Muddy Mississippi come and fill the streets
Faded, faded skies – Cairo in my eyes

Ain’t no levee gonna help you now
There’s no tourist dollars in this ghost town

You’re a city belle and a southern jewel
Won’t you take me home with you
Faded, faded skies – Cairo in my eyes