In the shelter

In the morning as the sun was brightly beaming

I heard her cryin' out what is it all about

I just don't know

But I can't go back home



Lonely princess

All the days out on your own are growing empty

Nothing is goin' well if you could only tell them

How you feel

But they're too real to understand



Too many trite expressions ended in forced rejections

long ago

Too many innocent faces too many far out places

something's wrong

Let me tell you that something's wrong

It's been that way so long

It's a shame



On the street car

To the city where she knows that she might lose it all

Riding for just a dime taking her own sweet time

and knowing well

This could be her final fall



Past the boutique

down the alley to the river people pass her by

Sits on the big gray rocks takes off her boots and socks

And knowing what she will do next

Just starts to cry



Too many small suggestions ending in angry questions

from her dad

Too many TV dinners and everyone loves a winner

But she was lost

No one knows the trials she had



In the shelter

In the morning as the sun was brightly beaming

I heard her cryin' out what is it all about

I just don't know

But I can't go back home



Lord I just don't know but I can't go back home