Well i came here with a husband & a baby on the way
I thought I’d be a painter & sell my art for pay
i lost my baby & I lost my man
the art didn’t go as I had planned
men would come to buy paintings & then they’d try to buy sex with me.
now I ain’t sunk down that low yet though i ain’t got far to fall
already I tried to be an exotic dancer but they told me i was too small
well i cam here when i was 23, now I’m almost 24
and i can’t take this fucking place this lonely town no more
well i went to a bar got an apple martini it took all the money i had
got hit on by a bunch of men too old to be my dad
got offered cocaine got offered pot
got offered to suck some guys dick
I said hell no but if I got any bluer might be tempted to take me a lick
well i left that bar to go walking home
passed out on the street
woke up covered in cigarette butts & starring at peoples’ feet
And everyday when i walk these streets
i feel like people are laughin at me
like I’m the butt of some joke in the sky that i can’t even see
i try to smile at a nice young man he just walks out the door
i can’t take this fucking place this lonely town no more.
lately I’ve been wondering where I’m supposed to go from here
i could go back to kentucky but wouldn’t be welcomed there i fear
Cause when I left to come to LA they all told me my head was too big
now I’m a lady divorced with no baby in kentucky that’s worse than a pig
well i could stay here & be a prostitute
i could stay here & be a ho
but who would pay to sleep with me when they won’t even say hello?
They’d tell me i ain’t blonde enough
they’d tell me I’m too white.
that I ain’t witty to get them jokes they might tell in the heat of the night
that i don’t keep up with current events i don’t got me a lot to say
that i listen to stupid music like dolly parton and mary lou faye
that i where too much pink my shoes is too big i look like i came from a farm
my arms ain’t got no muscles
my thighs ain’t made of steel
I’m always frowning & looking down i ain’t got no confidence no friends around
damn! i hate this fucking place this lonely lonely town.
It’s clear i don’t belon out here but where could my future be
it seems i don’t belong anywhere & that’s what’s gettin to me.
i can’t really leave but i can’t really stay- that’s what’s bringing me down
DAMN!! i hate this fucking place this lonely lonely town.