Sweet Lorraine Lyrics - Living With Ghosts - Patty Griffin

Sweet Lorraine, the fiery-haired and brown-eyed schemer 

Who came from a long line of drinkers and dreamers 

Who knew that sunshine don't hold up to dark 

Whose businesses fail, who sleep in the park 

Lorraine who spoke of paintings in Paris 

And outlandish things to her family just to scare us 

whose heart went pokin' where it shouldn't ought to 

Whose mother could only spit at the thought of 

Lorraine, sweet Lorraine 

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Her father would tear out like a page of the bible 

Then he'd burn down the house to announce his arrival 

Her mother was working and never was home 

Lorraine carved out a little life of her own 

Lorraine started working, Lorraine went to school 

Her mother threw stones at her on the day that she moved 

Now isn't that a very strange thing to do 

For someone who never really wanted you 

Lorraine, sweet Lorraine 

Her daddy called her a slut and a hoar 

On the night before her wedding day 

The very next morning at the church 

Her daddy gave Lorraine away 

Lorraine, sweet Lorraine 

In the battle of time, in the battle of will 

It's only your hope and your heart that gets killed 

And it gets harder and harder, Lorraine, to believe in magic 

When what came before you is so very tragic 

Lorraine, sweet Lorraine 

Lorraine, sweet Lorraine