Verse: 1 N.C. By the time you were born there were four other siblings N.C. With your momma awaiting your daddy in jail N.C. And your oldest brother was away at a home N.C. And you didn't meet him til you were nineteen years old Verse: 2 Old enough to know better old enough to know better But you took to his jawline and long sandy hair And he made you feel like none of the others And the way he looked at you touched you deep down in there Verse: 3 So you jumped on his bike and rolled into the sunset But the sequel it started with the next morning sun And the dew on the bike seat and you all aglow From the love he put in you and a life on the run So you moved to a small town then to another Then to another with another on its way And you both swore to God you would keep it together And the state wouldn't take your babies away Verse: 4 Now, the District Attorney said he might have forgiven You had lots of reasons to turn out this way But you'll both go to jail for them four little babies You made and delivered along the way Solo: Verse: 5 Last night you had a dream of a Lord so forgiving He might show compassion for a heathen He damned You awoke in a jail cell alone and so lonely Seven years in Michigan

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