Sunny

Sunny came down to the city
Getting gone was the only way she knew
Far from the whispers and the rumours
What else was a small-town kid to do

Found a place out on the east side
Just a room at The Sugarland Motel
You could call it lost if you wanted
Sunny called it trying to find yourself

Sunny's Dad was one hard ticket
Mother was a hard ticket's wife
Spent most of her days keeping her head down
Getting on with her hard ticket life

She said Sunny just as long as I can remember
You were born a mystery to me
A little boy standing on the corner
Of who you are and who you want to be

And here I got some money I've been saving
Take it now before I change my mind
Take it now for every year I've been slaving
It might help to pay for the life you hope to find

The vale of truth is a thorny ramble
You got to walk that lonesome road all by yourself
But heaven help the desperate soul who gambles
On living their whole life as someone else

Me and Sunny been together since the Autumn
Now we take each season one day at a time
'Cause I believe that you smoke 'em if you got 'em
And you live the life that makes you whole inside