Uncle Tommy Gabriel
He played the blue piano
While Frank and Ava Gardner danced
The Wild Warren Z Tango
Those were truly golden years
My Uncle Tommy says
But everything's gone straight to hell
Since Sinatra played Juarez
I wish life were still like that
Uncle Tommy says
But everything's gone straight to hell
Since Sinatra played Juarez
You could get a cheap divorce
Get your Pontiac tuck and roll
And take your dolly to the dog track
In her fake chinchilla stole
The Fiesta Club, the Chinese Palace
The Old Kentucky Bar
The matadors and the baseball heroes
And great big movie stars
Those were truly golden years
Uncle Tommy says
But everything's gone straight to hell
Since Sinatra played Juarez
Now Uncle Tommy Gabriel
He still plays Fats Domino
He speaks that border Spanglish well
He owns a carpet store
He lives out on his pecan farm
I don't cross the bridge he says
'Cause everything's gone straight to hell
Since Sinatra played Juarez
I wish life were still like that
Uncle Tommy says
But everything's gone straight to hell
Since Sinatra played Juarez
Everything's gone straight to hell
Since Sinatra played Juarez