[ti:Winter Traffic]
[ar:David Alan Graham]
[00:20.52]By ten a.m. the bridge is backed up slow
[00:24.72]Rental Jeeps lined up by the Gulf Coast road
[00:30.78]Girl in a sunhat askin' where the locals go
[00:36.86]Buddy, if I told you, we'd lose that too
[00:43.12]Snowbirds posted up at the marina bar
[00:48.50]Talkin' 'bout how lucky they think we are
[00:51.40]Meanwhile old man Eddie's cussin' at the light
[00:54.66]Takes him twenty minutes just to turn right
[00:58.22]Yeah every year about this time
[01:01.00]The whole world shows up chasin' sunshine
[01:05.62]It's winter traffic in my hometown
[01:10.20]Flip-flops and brake lights slowin' down
[01:13.30]Perfect weather, nowhere to park
[01:16.60]Sunset packed from the beach to the bars
[01:19.60]Yeah they all came lookin' for a piece of gold
[01:22.92]That Gulf Coast water and the warm front rollin'
[01:26.32]And honestly I kinda get it now
[01:29.72]Why everybody wants this town
[01:38.08]Couple from Ohio takin' pictures in the street
[01:42.94]Kid with a metal detector by my favorite beach
[01:49.18]Waitress at the diner workin' double shifts
[01:55.38]Still callin' everybody "baby" with a grin
[02:01.46]You can hear three accents in the bait shop line
[02:06.60]And somebody's uncle playin' Buffett every night
[02:09.62]Yeah it's chaos but it's ours somehow
[02:12.82]Guess this place still knows how to pull folks in
[02:16.62]And every year I say I'm done
[02:19.18]Then January hits and here they come
[02:22.28]It's winter traffic in my hometown
[02:25.48]Flip-flops and brake lights slowin' down
[02:28.50]Perfect weather, nowhere to park
[02:31.78]Sunset packed from the beach to the bars
[02:34.80]Yeah they all came lookin' for a piece of gold
[02:38.18]That Gulf Coast water and the warm front rollin'
[02:41.86]And honestly I kinda get it now
[02:44.90]Why everybody wants this town
[02:48.92]Come July they'll all disappear
[02:53.54]Roads open up and the locals reappear
[02:57.10]But right now the town's alive at night
[03:00.00]String lights glowin' underneath the palms
[03:06.32]And maybe that ain't such a bad thing after all
[03:12.06]It's winter traffic in my hometown
[03:15.72]Tourists everywhere but the sun's still gold now
[03:19.24]Music spillin' out into the street
[03:22.08]Salt air driftin' through the heat
[03:24.98]Yeah sometimes paradise gets a little loud
[03:28.24]But it still feels good when the winter crowd rolls in
[03:31.96]Guess after all these years around
[03:34.50]I still love this town