Dolly Parton - Blue Valley Songbird Lyrics
She was born in a place called blue valleyAt the foot of the tennessee hillsWith the blue birds and blue bellsAnd blue mountain waterAnd the sound of the blue whippoorwillBut there was no peace in the valleyHer daddy, a cruel, ruthless manUsed and abused her mind and her bodySo her mama said run while you canSo at fifteen she took to the highwayBelongings and guitar in handAnd she buried herself in her musicThe one thing she did understandAnd she sings like a bird and she writes like a poetHer voice has that high, lonesome soundShe hurts, and her songs are the best way to show itSo the blue valley songbird keeps traveling aroundShe hopes someday she will make itAnd everyone says that she willWhen she comes to town, crowds flock aroundTo see the girl from the tennessee hillsShe writes her letter back home to her mamaIn care of the preacher in townTheyre sacred to her so she reads them at churchAnd so her daddy cannot track her downAnd she sings like a bird and she cries like a babyWhenever she turns off the lightsShes a whole lot lonesome and a little bit crazyFrom memries and miseries and dreams gone awryBlue dress, blue shoes, a blue cadillacA band dressed in blue by her sideInstruments tied to the top and the backcause the blue valley songbird is singing tonightOne nighters, honky tonks, years flying byShe never made it, but lord knows she triesExpressing the feelings she holds insideAnd the blue valley songbird is singing tonightOh the blue valley songbird is singing tonightAnd she sings like a bird and she writes like a poet
