From the recording Paradise
Lyrics
She Hop a grey hound bus to get away from the country dust of Texas
She was just a little thing, heart gold with lots of dreams of the city life
She left her friends and her family, to fill her dreams
Strange Place and She all alone but she still beams
Cause she just a pretty thing heart of gold with lots of dream
She heading out to face this big old world
They said don’t be a fool the city life it not for you
Settle down and make your mamma proud, She just a pretty thing
Bus pulls in around 5am sleep eyes and big surprise to see Broadway
Grabs her bag and her old guitar
empty stomach want get her far in this town
She meet a man that would fill her dreams and take her heart
She was blind with her credit card he tore her apart
Cause she just a pretty thing heart of gold with lots of dream
She heading out to face this big old world
They said don’t be a fool the city life it not for you
Settle down and make your mamma proud, She just a pretty thing
Teary eye at the back of bus
a broken heart and broken bank she headed home
Waiting there on a front porch swing
was mum and dad with open arm welcome in
She thanks god for the things she has in her life
her mum dad will always seen the star in her eye’s
Cause she just a pretty thing heart of gold with lots of dream
She heading out to face this big old world
They said don’t be a fool the city life it not for you
Settle down and make your mamma proud, She just a pretty thing