Alabama 3 - How Can I Protect You Lyrics

I never play with guns

She got a compact mirror
Stole it off her mother
She got her daddy's
Overnight traveling bag

Always been told
If you wanna leave home, honey
You ain't ever, ever welcome back

And now she's down at the station
Baby in her belly
Kickin' gentle momma
Chilled to the max

She got a one way ticket
Goin' 'cross the border
For her hopes and all her dreams
Rollin' down the train tracks, yeah

How can I protect you
In this crazy world?
It's alright, yeah
It's alright

From two to nine you work for five a dime
Start the night with some thunder bird wine
Praise the Lord for those neon lights
That'a keep the city burnin' bright all night

Walkin' in the park in the midnight rain
Swear to yourself that ya gonna change
Ain't gonna crash, ain't gonna burn
Ain't gonna take no wrong turn

Feel so alone, so you telephone, ya
Call collect, ain't nobody home
You ain't surprised though you wonder why
Your letters come back unopened

So you hit the strip with your freak flag high
An' forget about the tears in your daddy's eyes
Momma don't worry if the waters rise
Don't ever let my drink run dry till the sunshine

How can I protect you
In this crazy world?
It's alright, yeah
It's alright

And when the talkin's over
There's nothing left I can do
How'm I ever gonna get through to you?

Let the angels be the navigators
The devil will get there on his own
Let the cherubim, let the serafin
Keep you walkin' on the road back home, yeah

How can I protect you
In this crazy world?
It's alright, yeah
It's alright

How can I protect you
In this crazy world?
It's alright, yeah
It's alright

How can I protect you
In this crazy world?
It's alright, yeah
It's alright

It's alright, yeah
It's alright