When I was a baby, mama put me on her kneeSaid we lost your daddy, out to the lonesome seaWe’d go down at sunset, I’d smell daddy on the breezeGathered all the seashells that crawled from the lonesome seaI left home too early, mama didn’t make a soundHer new man was the devil, didn’t want me aroundI put my thumb to the highway, I got a ride eventuallyWe drove off and said nothing, just stared at the lonesome seaMade my way through the Yukon, Yukon ain’t no homeJust kept falling southward, running from daddy’s ghostI wanted to keep it quiet, I knew what I’d needClean slate in the lower 48, far from the lonesome seaI tried to be a good girl, good girl’s what I amSome things you can run from, some things you can’tMost days it was easy, didn’t even bother meBut even the smallest puddle smells like the lonesome seaThey pulled me out of flathead lake, said they saved me just in timeThought I was crazy for swimming so far especially when they found out whyThey put me in these four walls, four walls can’t hold meWe’ll be swimming together soon, out in the lonesome sea
