Song about old people, love against all odds.
singersongwriter
country ballad
Story behind the song
For my love in Boomer NC. A portrait of a girl as much as a portrait of America as I learned to understand, to feel what it's like to live there, you have to be brave.
Lyrics
June's one of many who live on the floor
but she won't let that bring her down
she's always waiting for a face in the door,
she believes that the lost will be found.
And when you see her you'll want to know
who it is she sees in her dream,
who makes her smile when she's down on the floor
and there's no one to be seen.
June's one of may whose souls walk beside them;
that way she won't walk alone.
She always gave all but her heart that was broken
and yet it would not turn to stone.
And when you see her you'll want to know
why she keeps hanging on from a limb,
you'll want to know why she just won't let go,
you'll want to know why she just won't give in.
She lives where the foothills turn blue with the mountains,
she lives where things always go south,
she lives on a prayer, she knows only too well
you can't put a curse back in your mouth.
So she talks to the Lord till the room's crammed with angels,
you can't tell but you'll feel they're around;
this girl lives in a state of grace that's amazing,
her soul flies when she's down and out, her soul soars
when she's down and out.
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