Town Drunk Lyrics - Love And Theft - Love And Theft

She used to come over to my house 

She only lived a few miles away 

I never knew why, but my Momma said 

If she wanted to she could stay 

A pretty little girl, who fought like a boy 

But she wanted to hold my hand 

In the little blue dress that she always wore 

Yeah, I might've been her only friend 

I remember that summer, like yesterday 

She used to hang around all the time 

Down by the creak, we would always play 

And tell secrets by the porch light 

Shy as a bird, and timid as a flower 

I wondered where she grew up 

I never really thought that much about it, 

But everybody said her Daddy was the town drunk 

Broken like a bottle, running from the only home 

She ever had 

Tangled in the talk behind her back 

Yeah, he thought she was nothin' 

Growing like a weed on the wrong side of the tracks 

How could anyone not love a girl like that 

One afternoon, in the middle of town 

I saw her Daddy sleepin' on a bench 

So I walked up, and introduced myself 

And said his daughter was my best friend 

He looked at me like he didn't care 

And he asked me for a couple of bucks 

Right then I decided, I'd look after 

That pretty little girl 

Who's Daddy was the town drunk 

Broken like a bottle, running from the only home 

She ever had 

Tangled in the talk behind her back 

Yeah, he thought she was nothin' 

Growing like a weed on the wrong side of the tracks 

How could anyone not love a girl like that 

A girl like that 

Broken like a bottle, running from the only home 

She ever had 

Tangled in the talk behind her back 

Yeah, he thought she was nothin' 

Growing like a weed on the wrong side of the tracks 

How could anyone not love a girl like that 

A girl like that 

Several years later, I read in the paper 

That her Daddy had passed away 

I was holding her hand, she had the baby in the other 

There was really nothin' I could say 

She looked at me, and I gave her a kiss 

All that mattered was the three of us 

Nobody thought it would all work out 

For that pretty little girl 

Who's Daddy was the town drunk