Lyrics

Verse 1:
So many miles between today and the life she used to know
An asphalt highway paved over yesterday’s dreams
All she had left was a cardboard box of faded Polaroids
A freckled girl with sun-kissed braids and wild eyes

Chorus:
Memories sunk deep, secrets sunk deeper
All she knew was she had to leave here
Try to make a life of her own
When your story’s got holes, questions unanswered
Local folks will start their own chatter
Colour in the spaces between the lines

Verse 2:
On summer nights the taste of sweet tea and the glow of the fireflies
Take her back to that place where her innocence died
She remembers the night The Boogeyman came
spreading poison in the water
A baby born to a baby, somebody’s daughter

Bridge:
Would mama forgive her
Reach her hand up from the ground?
Would Daddy be a better man
And put the bottle down?
Could the preacher by the river
Wash away all of her shame?
Is it enough to know
She’s not to blame?

(Chorus)

Memories sunk deep, secrets sunk deeper
All she knew was she had to leave here
Try to make a life of her own