WORTHY OF LOVE

Mama told her to sit up straight
Never raise your voice, always know your place
Speak when you’re spoken to, put a smile on your face
And you might be a lady some day

And she wanted to be worthy of love
So she tried to be the girl her mama dreamed of
Pretty as a picture, oh, so sweet
Everything anyone could want her to be

If she wore that new pink sweater
She knew he’d look at her if her hair was better
If she laughed and flirted like she didn’t care at all
He might carry her books down the hall

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Piece by piece she gave herself away
She thought that was the price she had to pay

Twenty years later marriage on the rocks
She’d look back and wonder how that girl got lost
The one who always wanted to run wild and free
The girl who never got a chance to just be

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Barbara Martin, c 1996
540-886-2966
Barbara@barbaramartinmusic.com