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She was every mama's warning
Sleeping in on a Sunday morning
Finding herself in places she didn't belong
Barely 16 and already gone wrong
Ran off to New York City
'cause a man there said she was pretty
Two weeks later she was back on the midnight train
Didn't mind losing him but she wanted that feeling to stay
Some kind of way
The cicadas came and went
She was just a little late on the rent
Raising a baby with a man who had a short fuse
One night he showed up on the evening news
So the government came, and made her change her name
Then they moved her and the baby out of state
The letters came with no return address
Mama said she was lucky to be out of that mess
Some kind of way
Some kind of way
Always chasing that dream
Running behind the magic you can't keep
And time is unforgiving
When you're playing a game you can't win
The only thing to do is to start again
I heard she finally found a man who put gold on her arms
He left her 10 acres and a three-car garage
The baby grew up, and he did okay
Finished school and went into real estate
Now the money's enough and she pays the bills on her own
Folks out there mostly leave her alone
But late at night she'll go on a website to see
If there's somebody out there who can make her feel
Some kind of way
Some kind of way
Some kind of way