Blue Banisters

There's a picture on the wall
 Of me on a John Deere
 Jenny handed me a beer
 Said, "How the hell did you get there?"
 Oh, Oklahoma
 Mm-mm, mm
 There were flowers that were dry
 Sittin' on the dresser
 She asked me where they're from
 I said, "A place I don't remember"
 Oh, Oklahoma (oh-oh)
 Jenny jumped into the pool
 She was swimmin' with Nikki Lane
 She said, "Most men don't want a woman
 With a legacy, it's of age"
 She said, "You can't be a muse and be happy, too
 You can't blacken the pages with Russian poetry
 And be happy"
 And that scared me
 'Cause I met a man who
 Said he'd come back every May
 Just to help me if I'd paint my banisters blue
 Blue banisters, ooh
 Said he'd fix my weathervane
 Give me children, take away my pain
 And paint my banisters blue
 My banisters blue
 There's a hole that's in my heart
 All my women try and heal
 They're doin' a good job
 Convincin' me that it's not real
 It's heat lightning, oh-oh-oh, oh
 'Cause there's a man that's in my past
 There's a man that's still right here
 He's real enough to touch
 In my darkest nights, he's shinin'
 Ooh-ooh-ooh
 Jenny was smokin' by the pool
 We were writin' with Nikki Lane
 I said I'm scared of the Santa Clarita Fires
 I wish that it would rain
 I said the power of us three can bring absolutely anything
 Except that one thing
 The diamonds, the rust, and the rain
 The thing that washes away the pain
 But that's okay, 'cause
 Now when weather turns to May
 All my sisters come to paint my banisters green
 My blue banisters grey
 Tex and Mex are in the Bay
 Chucky's makin' birthday cake
 Jake is runnin' barefeet, there's a baby on the way
 And now my blue banisters are green and grey, ah-ah
 Summer comes, winter goes
 Spring, I skip, God knows
 Summer comes, winter goes
 Spring, I sleep, Heaven knows
 Every time it turns to May
 All my sisters fly to me
 To paint, paint