Little Texas Girl

Little Texas girl, dark haired, and wide eyed
Childhood over at the tender age of ten
Walking adult steps against the tide
Stepping on needles and pins

Little Texas girl, drawn face, and clenched hands
Splintered shield of cocaine and pills
Acid drops smudging your foot steps in the sand
How much can you take before it kills

Little Texas girl, shaking, and blood soaked hair
Death came to kiss your brow
Hold tight and clean up with care
Soon to the idle of madness you will bow

Little Texas girl, clean, but cut real bad
Seems your plan may have back fired
Dressing darkly, pierced, and eyes real sad
Take a breath, and sit back, you seem oh so tired

Little Texas girl, your act all cleaned up
Razor-blade dreams come and ignored
Seems for a moment, your running on good luck
I can see you with him, how you soul has soared

Little Texas girl, coming to a new land
Across the Ocean wide
Walking bamboo speckled sand
Child in womb and lover at you side

Little Texas girl, your eyes are wide in fright
Has your luck run out too soon
Clutching you swollen belly trying to hold them with all you might
Trying to save the fruit of your womb

Little Texas girl, your tears splatter across your face
In a land among a people you do not know
To your breast two small babies you embrace
Trying to ignore the raven's lonely crow

Little Texas girl, on eagle wings they take you
Rabbits licking the clouds and sky
Your children grow stronger with you
Happy tears you now cry

Little Texas girl, things seem so perfect now
Sweetly your children grow
To the idle of thankfulness you bow
Seems you reap good fortune in the seeds you sow

Little Texas girl, your light has gone out
Your first born laid beneath the sand
How unfair it seems and you shout
Fate seems to play such a cruel hand

Little Texas girl, eyes sad, not much to say
How you wish the world will let you be
Looking at your youthful face framed in silver gray
Little Texas girl, your only twenty-three.