Story Behind The Song
Story of the struggles of a single women trying to get ahead in the world
| Song Length |
5:13 |
Genre |
Country - Americana, Country - General |
| Mood |
Moving |
Subject |
Darkness, Life |
Lyrics
She works a nightclub in Dallas
Living in a cheap motel
Trying to keep her nose clean
Make a better way for herself
She keeps a pistol in her nightstand
She prays she'll never need to use it
She tries not to beat herself down
She's not one for making excuses
She sings herself to sleep at night
With an old lullaby
her mother used to sing
Before she faded into the light
She can't remember all words
She gets lost in the second verse
Her voice carries her into her dreams
away from all the hurt
In this cruel world
An old pocket watch and money clip
Is all her daddy left her
She put them in hawk at the local pawn shop
Another fix was all she was after
She craves some kind of real connection
But the barflys are just empty shells
She doesn't let them really know her
She keeps her emotions on a shelf
She sings herself to sleep at night
With an old lullaby
That her mother used to sing to her
Before she faded into the light
She can't remember all words
as she stumbles through the second verse
Her voice carries her into her dreams
And away from all the hurt
In this cruel world
and she screams to the sky
searching for the reasons why
everything in this worlds so upside down
but she holds her head high
and fights like hell to keep her soul alive
she hopes someday she won't be let down
She sings herself to sleep at night
With an old lullaby
That her mother used to sing to her
Before she faded into the light
She can't remember all words
She gets lost in the second verse
Her voice carries her into her dreams
And away from all the hurt
In this cruel world
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