SOUTHERN ILLINOIS GIRLS ( chorus ) those southern illinois girls drive some rough runnin' cars their idols set low as sawzjay sulfur hanging over the strip bars lights of st. louis cross the river and wash away the stars from southern illinois girls and their rough runnin' cars ( verses ) on the corner lester jolie works bottleneck slide he'll bend notes to shake your rolling mind then he rattles your insides you'd think a bluesman given no nickname is like a boxer without scars like southern illinois girls missing rough runnin' cars there's kids chuckin' hunks of concrete at rusted gasoline cans in a lot where nothing grows 'cept for an orphaned taco stand where tulips were planted in the slots of the cash register drawer before a southern illinois girl rattled off in a rough runnin' car ( bridge ) crick my neck adjust my sweating collar wipe the sad eyes of J F K from my spooked real half silver dollar ( chorus ) those southern illinois girls drive some rough runnin' cars their idols set low as sauget sulphur hanging over the strip bars lights of st. louis cross the river and wash away the stars from southern illinois girls and their rough runnin' cars ( verse ) the quarter moon hangs penniless as it approaches middle age i feel young. i'm hitch hiking the cheatin' roads of minimum wage got bottleneck lester on my ear buds shoutin' blood feathers and tar just then a southern illinois girl lifts me in a rough runnin' car yea, a smiing illinois working girl in one hot damn beautiful rough running car
