SWEET TOOTH FOR DAIQUIRIES
she had a sweet tooth for daiquiries
and opium kisses
she had a furnished room in Nashville
then a fleabag in Memphis
she said she's born in a graveyard
on the 4th of July
yeah that's what she said
but sometimes she lied
baptized in blues
when she was just knee high

she went to New Orleans for schooling
studied everything she saw
she got A's in Tipitina's
and Preservation Hall
her campus was the Quarter
her homework never stopped
her study hall was
Jean Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop

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and man she graduated early
at the top of her class
spent a year in Amsterdam
watching clouds roll past
she bought new shoes in Paris
sunglasses in Rome
and she wondered where she'd be
when she finally went home
she wondered where she'd be

she wasn't close to her family
she'd never been in love
no street address or phone number
she could write her name above
she flew back to America
and she learned how to drive
seemed like motion was the only thing
that made her feel alive

she did a night in jail in Austin
went cold turkey in L.A.
she met people everywhere
she just never knew what to say
she sold cocaine on the sideline
just for something to do
haunted strip clubs and motels
looking for a clue

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when I met her in Georgia
she only owned two dresses
she was one of those people you meet in live
who never sees the true beauty she possesses
she said, "I'm just a road whore
I come and go with the rain"
but I felt her like a sister
and I wish I could've eased her pain

she had a sweet tooth for daiquiries
and opium kisses
she had a furnished room in Nashville
then a fleabag in Memphis
she said she's born in a graveyard
on the 4th of July
yeah that's what she said
but sometimes she lied
baptized in blues
when she was just knee high