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Beyond Her Years

Jill raised her kid brother
in the hills of Tennessee
where those mountainsides, wear towering pines
like turquiose jewelry
Jill walked tall n prideful
but 'neath that exterior
was a sad little woman
who felt inferior

'cause the hills told rumors
'bout things her mama'd done
that some gambling man, gone to Alabam'
looked just like her son
so it was more than violet
that made Jill's blue eyes
both her past and her future
made that young girl wise

beyond her years
past the time she'd lived
beyond her tears
and strength she had to give
it's a mean old world,
and she was just a girl
beyond her years

some think life's a circle
and that cruel fate is king
but Jill wanted more, than being dirt poor
for the boy under her wing
and there were lonely miners
more than willing to pay
they said poor Jill's kisses
had passion that was way

beyond her years
past the time she'd lived
beyond her tears
and strength she had to give
it's a mean old world,
and she was just a girl
beyond her years

Jill sent him to college
and said forget those hills
but like wind through the pines, a young man's mind
always goes where it wills
when he came back one Christmas
she'd been two winters gone
though she left there forever
in his future she lives on

beyond her years
past the time she'd lived
beyond her tears
and strength she had to give
it's a mean old world,
she was just a girl
beyond her years

(c)2004 Robert George




[This message has been edited by couchgrouch (edited 03-14-2004).]


Nashville demos etc:

https://www.soundclick.com/bands3/default.cfm?bandID=431939

other demos:

https://soundcloud.com/wabash-cannibal

Amazon Kindle books by Robert George you may enjoy:

1) Americana

2) Teenage Graceland

3) The Will to Be

4) Fort Mystery

5) Wheel Sea

6) My One True Love