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Eve's Daughter

by Amanda Shires

on To the Sunset (2018)

I was young, spring had sprung
I wanted out of (?)
Kept the party dress in the glove compartment
Of my green and white Ford Bronco
A gust of wind came blasting in
The gas station where I was working
He was twenty-three, he was on leave
And the rest gets a little blurry

Maybe it was circumstance
But I saw my chance and I took it
Through the sunset, shifting gears
To the something better shining diamond clear
Shining diamond clear

We didn't have much in common but I had fallen
I was thirsty and he looked like water
When I started to show, he proposed
For a while we were in tall cotton
He started coming home high and then came the fights
And I did what I had to do

Through a sunset, shifting gears
To the something better shining diamond clear
Looking for happy-ever-after
Forever and ever and ever and ever again

Started over in Kansas City
Stayed too long at your Aunt Debbie's
A lot of working late, a little Section Eight
And the burden gets a little less scary

Sometimes it was treading water
Guess it is sometimes for all Eve's daughters
Looking for happy ever after
Forever and ever and ever and ever again

Love showed up and I let him in
And if I had to do it all again

To the sunset, shifting gears
To the something better shining diamond clear
I found my happy-ever-after
Forever and ever and ever and ever again