Capo 2
| G | Am | (2x)
She used to come over to my house, she only
lived a few miles away
Never knew why but my mama said fi she
wanted she could stay
A pretty little girl who fought like a boy but she
wanted to hold my hand
In a little blue dress that she always wore, yeah, I
might have been her only friend
[Instrumental] | G | Am |
I remember that summer like yesterday, she used to
hang around all the time
Down by the creek we would always play and tell
secrets by the porch light
Shy as a bird and timid as a flower I
wondered where she grew up
I never really thought that much about it but
everybody said her daddy was the town
drunk
[Chorus:]
Broken like a
bottle, running
from the only home she ever
had
Tangled
in the talk be
hind her back
Yeah, he thought she was
nothin, growing like a
weed on the wrong side of the
tracks
How could anyone not love a girl like
that?
[Instrumental] | G | Am |
One afternoon in the middle of town, I saw her
daddy sleeping on a bench
So I walked up to him and introduced myself, said his
daughter was my best friend
He looked at me like he didn’t care and he
asked me for a couple bucks
Right then I decided I’d look after that
pretty little girl whose daddy was the town
drunk
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental] | G | Am | (2x)
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental] | G | Am | (2x)
Several years later, I read in the paper that her
daddy had passed away
I was holdin’ her hand, she had the baby in the other there was
really nothing I could say
She looked at me and I gave her a kiss
All that really mattered was the three of us
Nobody thought it’d all work out for that
pretty little girl who was the town
drunk
