Grew up in the valley
Rode horses at dawn
Came home every morning
To the TV on
Big blue eyes
Long straight hair
Some dark secret
Held like a key
Dusty Roses
Strung up on the wall
Dusty Roses
Where has our girl gone?
Black pants and a crisp white shirt
Table for two
Party of ten, it’s one AM
She gets off work
Goes downtown
Whiskey drowned
Find some stranger
To hold like a key
Dusty Roses
Strung up on the wall
Dusty Roses
Where has our girl gone?
She moved back home
A child in tow
Just three years old
Night after broken night
She stumbled down that gravel road
Black bird flies
Ocean eyes
Ravaged body
Buried like a key
Dusty Roses
Strung out on the wall
Dusty Roses
Where has our girl gone?
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California
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Could Be
I could be a mother I could be a lover I could be a grandma I could be a daughter Swimming in the water I could be a dream Could I be the meaning? Could I be the feeling? …
Dusty Roses
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Endless Waltz
Sitting on the front porch Another winter come and gone Since I’ve been loving you Went out to hear the music And I realized I’ve been lost for so long Since …
Fragile As A Flame
Rain falling down again Seasons move through I see the changes in me and in you In me and in you Fragile as a flame Dancing through these days Fragile as a flame We know …