Blue Valley Songbird

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She was born in a place called Blue Valley 

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At the foot of the Tennessee hills 

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With the blue birds and blue bells and blue mountain water 

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And the sound of the Blue Whippoorwill 


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But there was no peace in the valley 

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Her daddy a cruel ruthless man 

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Used and abused her mind and her body 

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So her mama said run while you can 


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So at fifteen she took to the highway 

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Belongings and guitar in hand 

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And she buried herself in her mu-sic 

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The one thing she did understand 

  
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And she sings like a bird and she writes like a poet 

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Her voice has that high lonesome sound 

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She hurts and her songs are the best way to show it 

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So the Blue Valley songbird keeps traveling around 


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She hopes someday she will make it 

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And everyone says that she will 

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When she comes to town crowds flock around 

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To see the girl from the Tennessee hills 


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She writes letters back home to her momma 

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In care of the preacher in town 

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They're sacred to her so she reads them at church 

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And so her daddy cannot track her down 

  
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And she sings like a bird and she cries like a baby 

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Whenever she turns off the lights 

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She's a whole lot lonesome and a little bit crazy 

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From memories and miseries and dreams gone awry 

  
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Blue dress blue shoes a blue Cadillac 

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A band dressed in blue by her side 

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Instruments tied to the top and the back 

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Cause the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight 

  
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One nighters honky tonks years flying by 

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She's never made it but Lord knows she tries 

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Expressing the feelings she holds inside 

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And the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight 


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Oh the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight 

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And she sings like a bird and she writes like a poet