Melody Mann: Music

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I went to high school in Corpus Christi, TX. Inza's Lonesome Coyote Saloon was the place to go during that time in Corpus. This song is pretty straight forward and true to form. Inza's was one of those crazy Texas Honky-Tonks where you could hear phenomenal music every night, while you did your best to avoid ending up smack dab in the middle of a brawl. If you drove up and saw the Hells Angels motorcycles in the parking lot, you knew that it would be an interesting night! -Kelly

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In the day it sparkled by the sea
But the night was wild as it could be
In that sleepy little South Texas town
Cause there was a honky-tonk shack
Just beyond the railroad tracks
And people came to party from miles around

Well you couldn’t say it had atmosphere
With the smell of smoke and old stale beer
But the patrons didn’t really seem to mind
There were bikers, surfers, rednecks more
Mamas with kids and dogs on the floor
You know you’d see just about every kind

And every night there was someone on the bill
Like Stevie Ray or Asleep at the Wheel
And the crowd would roll right in and get on down
But Inza would always just sit in the back
Of her rockin’ rundown honky-tonk shack
Sippin’ wild turkey with her blue tick hound

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Good times were found in that South Texas town
Dancin’ all night and just feelin’ alright
Down at the Lonesome Coyote Saloon

Well the women would need to be really tough
And have to put up with a lot of stuff
From the drunks hangin’ round the bathroom door
And when one would decide to get really rude
And start to talkin’ way too crude
Then some little lady would knock him to the floor

And if Inza’s was crowded or way too hot
You could find a party in the parking lot
But there’d be trouble brewin’ without a doubt
If you stayed outside then you just might
Find yourself in one hell of a fight
Not even caring what it was all about

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