Patty Griffin - Sweet Lorraine Lyrics
Sweet lorraine the fiery haired brown eyed schemerWho came from a long line of drinkers and dreamersWho knew that sunshine dont hold up to darkWhose businesses failWho sleep in the parkLorraine who spoke of paintings in parisAnd outlandish things to her family just to scare usWhose heart went pokin where it shouldnt oughtWhose mother could only sppit at the thought ofLorraine, sweet lorraineHer father her father would tear out like a page of the bibleThen hed burn down the house to announce his arriva1Her mother was working and never was homeLorraine carved out a little life of her ownLorraine started working, lorraine went to schoolHer mother threw stones at her on the day that she movedNow isnt that a very strange thing to doFor someone who never really wanted youLorraine, sweet lorraineHer daddy called her a slut and a whoreOn the night before her wedding dayThe very next morning at the churchHer daddy gave lorraine awayLorraine, sweet lorraineIn the battle of time in the battle of willIts only your hope and your heart that gets killedAnd it gets harder and harder lorraine, to believe in magicWhen what came before you is so very tragicLorraine, sweet lorraineLorraine, sweet lorraine
