She came up from the country with a smile for everyone

she left her blue horizon just to find another home

a lonely girl who'd travelled many days

a lonely heart that could not find a way



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and she said Momma, it's a hard life now you're gone

Momma, it's so hard to carry on

and I feel I'm a fool who lost it all

you used to make it all so very clear

that life must go on though the end is near

oh Momma, it's a sad and lonely life



A misty morning rider she came wandering through the hills

a wanderin soul appearin over rainy window sills

a loser in her heart, but in her face

a smile for everyone under God's grace



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Midnight maiden madness, what to search for in this place

gateway to the city, night sky shadows on her face

a lady lost in nowhere but her stare

leaves the world, her life to start somewhere



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