Lonestar "What She Had To" |
(John Edwards/Garrett Parris) I was three years old, sittin' in the seat Of a Greyhound bus, my brother and me Mama's tears fallin' like the Carolina rain 'Cause she pulled out a gun the night before Said, "He ain't gonna drink and hit me no more." She pulled the trigger on my father in a moment's rage Thank God that gun wasn't loaded. Didn't know where to go or how she'd survive Didn't care, anywhere but there that night As she held her babies tight And we rolled through the cold of the midnight blue She was scared, she was broke, but all she knew was She was gonna do what she had to. She got her a job and a trailer out West It wasn't much, but she was doing her best Putting food on the table for our family But then one day I came home from school My mama was crying alone in her room She said, "I lost my job and we're gonna lose the trailer too" She got that Volkswagen loaded. Didn't know where to go or how she'd survive Didn't care, anywhere but there that night As she held her babies tight And we rolled through the cold of the midnight blue She was scared, she was broke, but all she knew was She was gonna do what she had to. Whenever things go wrong in my life, I just think of her And what it took that night To get on that bus in the Carolina rain. Didn't know where to go or how she'd survive Didn't care, anywhere but there that night As she held her babies tight And we rolled through the cold of the midnight blue She was scared, she was broke, but all she knew was She was gonna do what she had to. Yeah, what she had to, yeah (What she had to, what she had to...) Lyric from www.lyricmania.com |