she got a mirror it off her mother she got her daddy's traveling bag always been told "if you wanna leave home honey, you ain't ever, welcome back" and now she's down at the station, in her belly kickin' momma chilled to the max she got a one way ticket, the border for her and all her dreams rollin down the tracks, yeah
how can I protect you in this, crazy it's it's
from two to nine you for five-a-dime start the night with thunderbird wine praise the lord for neon lights that'a keep the city burnin' bright all in the park in the midnight rain swear to yourself that ya change gonna crash, ain't gonna burn, ain't gonna take no wrong turn so alone, so you telephone, ya call ain't nobody home you ain't surprised you wonder why your letters come back unopened so you hit the strip with your freak high an' forget about the in your daddy's eyes momma don't if the waters rise don't let my drink run dry till the sunshine
how can I protect you in this, crazy alright it's
and when the over nothing left I can do how'm I ever get through to you?
let the be the navigators the devil get there on his own let the let the you walkin' on the road back home, yeah
how can I you? it's it's
how can I protect you in this, world? it's it's
how can I you in this, crazy world? it's it's alright it's