Claudelle took the bus from Shreveport
Looking for a new life in Atlanta
She met Ennis in the Greyhound station
Changing buses in Texarcana
He was just off work from the nursing home
He was there drinking coffee quite alone
She caught his eye and he offered her a smoke
It doesn't seem that it was not so long ago
Claudelle let the next bus pass her by
She realized she really like this guy
They talked and smoked until it was sunrise
Ennis rose to leave but to his surprise
Claudelle asked if he would take her home
He said yes and that day their love was born
They made love as the early sunrise broke
Doesn't seem that it was all that long ago
She wore pink and he wore blue and all the world was bright and new
She picked flowers in a Summer dress
And all the rooms were colorful and all the vases bursting full
2 happier people you will never find
And all of it by chance yet by design
One Winter night Ennis passed away
The wind howled in the treetops. Ice fell from the sky
Claudelle found him at the break of day
She took comfort in that moment by the smile upon his face
She thought back to the morning that they met
And in her heart there were no regrets
That she ever took the bus from Shreveport
Looking for a new life in Atlanta