when i was born, she was sixteen.
and every steeple
in the three church town
was ringing with shame.
people whispered like rain
of the baby, but no wedding gown.
so climb aboard, the highway leads
to somewhere nobody knows your name.
you plant each step like it was a seed,
you make peace with what you cannot change
and she sang me to sleep
while the Greyhound
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