Song Description

story of a poor country girl, growing up without much- but able to rise above her poverty-stricken background...economically, and spiritually.

Lyrics

Country Soul

Ain't no blacktop, down this road
Daddy left them, when she was nine years old,
Newspaper pasted, on the walls
Didn't keep the cold out at all

Floursack dresses drying, on the line
Cardboard box for a toy, well it did just fine
Four sisters, a little brother
Well, there was not time
For a childhood, she grew up fast, but she grew up fine

(Chorus)
Walked the road she was given
Made up what was missing
Spent her whole life giving
She's just living, where she's living

(Bridge)
The Depression didn't hurt them
They had nothing to lose
Forced to walk a road
They did not choose
They were just hungry
Didn't think she would mind
But Mama whipped them
For standing in that soup line

Moved to the city, got a job downtown
She married the boss, then they settled down
She raised four children, and a Mother-in-Law
With the finest paper pasted, on her walls
(Chorus)
Bare feet on a dusty road
She's just living, where she's living
Found love could keep out the cold
She's just living where she's living
Always with a country soul

©2006 Wild Animal Ditch Music (ASCAP)