BABY SISTER SET OUT
FOR THE BRIGHT LIGHTS
OF CALIFORNIA
SAID SHE WAS GONNA BE
A STAR
NO WORD
FROM SOMEONE
IN SIX LONG MONTHS
CAN SURE GET ON YA
IT WAS BREAKIN'
MAMA'S HEART
I DROVE THAT
THOUSAND MILES
LIKE A
BAT OUT 'A HELL
SEARCHED
EVERY CORNER EVERY
LOW RENT MOTEL
'TIL I FOUND HER THERE
WITH GREASY HAIR
AND A STRANGER'S EYES
AND SHE CRIED
AND I HELD HER TIGHT
AND SAID YOU'VE BEEN
GONE FROM LOVE
TOO LONG
THERE'S NOTHIN'
TO BE ASHAMED OF
NO WAY
YOU COULD'A KNOWN
LIFE WAS GONNA
KNOCK YOU DOWN
STRIP YOU TO THE BONE
AND LEAVE YOU
ALL ALONE
GIRL YOU'VE BEEN GONE
FROM LOVE TOO LONG
AS THE LIGHTS OF L.A.
FADED IN OUR
REAR-VIEW MIRROR
SHE SAID SIS I'M SCARED
TO DEATH
I LEFT HOME INNOCENT
AND I'M
GOIN' BACK A SINNER
SEEN AND DONE THINGS
I'D JUST AS SOON FORGET
SHE PUT OUT HER LAST
CIGARETTE AND
CRUMPLED UP THE PACK
SHE SAID
WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE
TO HAVE JUST
PART OF MYSELF BACK
THEN I TOOK HER HAND
SAID I UNDERSTAND
SHE BROKE DOWN
SHE SAID
TELL ME HOW
DO I FACE MAMA NOW
I SAID YOU'VE BEEN
GONE
FROM LOVE TOO LONG
THERE'S NOTHIN'
TO BE ASHAMED OF
NO WAY
YOU COULD'A KNOWN
LIFE WAS GONNA
KNOCK YOU DOWN
STRIP YOU TO THE BONE
AND LEAVE YOU
ALL ALONE
GIRL YOU'VE BEEN GONE
FROM LOVE TOO LONG
4 BAR
BREAK
MAMA MET US HALFWAY
DOWN THE DRIVEWAY
HELD OUT HER ARMS
TO HER BABY
ALL SHE HAD TO SAY
IS YOU'VE BEEN
GONE
FROM LOVE TOO LONG
THERE'S NOTHIN'
TO BE ASHAMED OF
NO WAY
YOU COULD'A KNOWN
LIFE WAS GONNA
KNOCK YOU DOWN
STRIP YOU TO THE BONE
AND LEAVE YOU
ALL ALONE
GIRL YOU'VE BEEN GONE
FROM LOVE TOO LONG
FROM LOVE TOO LONG