How Can I Protect You (Dope Mix)
She got a compact mirror
Stole it off her mother
She got her daddy's overnight traveling bag
Always been told "if you ever leave home honey
You ain't ever, ever welcome back"
And now she's down at the station, baby in her belly
Kickin' gentle momma chilled to the max
She got a one way ticket, goin' across the border
For her hopes and all her dreams
Rollin down the train tracks, yeah
So how can I protect you in this, crazy world?
It's alright
Yeah
It's alright
From two to nine you work for five-a-dime
Start the night with some thunderbird wine
Praise the lord for those neon lights that'a
Keep the city burnin' bright all night
Walkin' in the park in the midnight rain
Swear to yourself that ya gonna change
Ain't gonna crash, ain't gonna burn, ain't gonna take no wrong turn
Feel so alone, so you telephone, ya
Call collect ain't nobody home
You ain't surprised though you wonder why your letters come back unopened
So you hit the strip with your freak flag high an'
Forget about the tears in your daddy's eyes
Momma don't worry if the waters rise
Don't ever let my drink run dry 'til the sunshine
So how can I protect you in this, crazy world?
It's alright
Yeah
It's alright
And when the talkin's over
All the crowd have gone
There's nothing left I can do
How'm I ever gonna get through to you?
It's alright
So how can I protect you in this, crazy world?
It's alright
It's alright
So how can I protect you in this, crazy world?
It's alright
It's alright
It's alright
When the talking's over baby
It's alright
Nothing right nothing wrong, but
It's alright
It's coming on top like some...
It's alright
Flat top Cadillac back in 1952
I was cutting through the blues, and
It's alright
One more and your momma went to heaven
You say 'fella I'm gonna pick up an AK47
Because I am gonna protect myself'
It's alright
Well how can I protect myself
How can I protect you right now
It's alright
How can I protect you right now
It's alright
Put on the Merle Haggard live at the chapel
Say 'Johnny Cash I wanna hear your gospel music
Straight out of that cave, soul, fate and problems coming down'