Asheville (Peter Rafelson Mix)

I had to go back to Asheville, again

To find the girl I was way back when

That little girl's been on my mind

Now I know I left her behind

I left her behind

We left Fairfax County when Hilary died

Packed up the truck with our feelings inside

Found a little white house up on a hill

Didn't know it's silence that kills

It's silence that kills

Little girl, what's your story?

Little girl, it's no crime

It takes guts, there's no glory

Your freedom was on the line

Freedom's on the line

No body mentioned my sister was gone

Dad always told us,"Life must go on,"

A field of tomatoes, a nice Jersey cow

My mother was cheerful, I never knew how

I never knew how

But even a small girl knows what she knows

Just four of us now, that's life I suppose

I missed my sister, I kept that inside

Bought a second-hand bike and learned how to ride

Nearly learned how to ride

Little girl, what's your story?

Little girl, it's no crime

It takes guts, there's no glory

Your freedom was on the line

Freedom's on the line

So I went to the chapel and I started to pray

But no god could tel me what makes me this way

Now I'm a woman and I face my fears

Forty years later, there's freedom in tears

I find freedom in tears

Little girl, what's your story?

Little girl, it's your time

It takes guts, there's no glory

Your freedom was on the line

Freedom's on the line

My freedom was on the line