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She d be wearin silk and perfume so sweet, she bounces her baby on her knee
Tellin everyone, back in memphis when she was a girl, back in memphis when she was a girl
give mamma a kiss
sayin maybe today we ll get lucky
Back in memphis when she was a girl, she was everyone s favorite girl Pearl, she thought one day she d own the world
She bounces her baby on her knee, didn t look like things would turn out fine, sayin maybe today we ll get lucky
i promise it won t always be like this
But those things don t mean much out here on the street, now her eyes have a vacant stare
I promise it won t always be like this, she bounces her baby on her knee
She wanted someone she could call her own, she d be wearin silk and perfume so sweet
And she d believe all the pictures she d seen, didn t look like things would turn out fine, he d hold her and tell her how pretty she looked
He d hold her and tell her how pretty she looked, and she d believe all the pictures she d seen
Have a nice car to drive, he was good to her when he wasn t drunk
Now her eyes have a vacant stare, back in memphis where she grew up the life she knew was just not enough
she d be wearin silk and perfume so sweet
i promise it won t always be like this
Now her eyes have a vacant stare, back in memphis when she was a girl
She was everyone s favorite girl, she married a man when she left home, she was everyone s favorite girl
He d hold her and tell her how pretty she looked, she thought one day she d own the world Lucinda, back in memphis when she was a girl
She was everyone s favorite girl, he d hold her and tell her how pretty she looked, back in memphis where she grew up the life she knew was just not enough
tellin everyone
Back in memphis when she was a girl, back in memphis where she grew up the life she knew was just not enough
And she d believe all the pictures she d seen, and wear red lipstick
back in memphis she had fun
And wear red lipstick, she wanted someone she could call her own
She married a man when she left home, and wear red lipstick Williams, and she d believe all the pictures she d seen
Back in memphis she had fun, i promise it won t always be like this, she bounces her baby on her knee
back in memphis she had fun
back in memphis where she grew up the life she knew was just not enough
Back in memphis when she was a girl, she d be wearin silk and perfume so sweet
She bounces her baby on her knee, she d look at the tv and magazines Memphis, and she d believe all the pictures she d seen
tellin everyone
back in memphis where she grew up the life she knew was just not enough
Back in memphis she was a pearl, and she d believe all the pictures she d seen
she d look at the tv and magazines
Now her eyes have a vacant stare, tellin everyone
Back in memphis where she grew up the life she knew was just not enough, didn t look like things would turn out fine
I promise it won t always be like this, back in memphis she had fun, she d look at the tv and magazines
She thought one day she d own the world, and she d believe all the pictures she d seen, and she d believe all the pictures she d seen
Have a nice car to drive, sayin maybe today we ll get lucky Williams, she bounces her baby on her knee
She was gonna buy dresses that zip up the side, she bounces her baby on her knee
Back in memphis when she was a girl, back in memphis when she was a girl, but those things don t mean much out here on the street
he was good to her when he wasn t drunk
She married a man when she left home, he d hold her and tell her how pretty she looked, she d look at the tv and magazines
Tellin everyone, back in memphis another time
she was everyone s favorite girl
tellin everyone
And she d believe all the pictures she d seen, she thought one day she d own the world Pearl, didn t look like things would turn out fine
