How Can I Protect You (Featuring Aslan)

She got a compact mirror
Stolen off her Momma
She got her Daddy's overnight travelling bag
Always been told "If you ever leave home honey, you ain't ever, ever welcome back"
And now she's down at the station, baby in her belly
Kickin' gentle momma chilled to the max
She got a one way ticket, goin' across the border
All her hopes and all her dreams
Rollin down the train tracks, yeah

How can I protect you in this, crazy world? (How can I protect you?)
It's alright
Yeah
It's alright

From two to nine she works for five-a-dime
Starts the night with some thunderbird wine
Praise the lord for those neon lights that
Keep the city burnin' bright all night
Took a walk in the park in the midnight rain
Swear to yourself that ya gonna change
Ain't gonna crash, ain't gonna burn, ain't gonna take no wrong turn

Feel so alone, you telephone, ya
Call collect ain't nobody home
You ain't surprised 'till you wonder why your letters come back unopened
So you hit the strip with your freak flag high
Forget about the tears in your Daddy's eyes
Say Momma don't worry if the waters rise
Don't ever let my drink run dry 'till the sunshine

How can I protect you in this, crazy world? (How can I protect you?)
It's alright
It's alright

And when the talkin's over
All the crowd have gone
There's nothing left I can do
How am I ever gonna get through to you?
It's alright

So how can I protect you in this, crazy world?
It's alright
It's alright

So how can I protect you in this, crazy world?
It's alright
It's alright
It's alright

When the talkin' is over baby (It's alright)
Nothin' right nothin' wrong but it's
Coming on top like some (It's alright)
Flat-top cadillac back in nineteen-fifty-two when (It's alright)
Elvis got you through the blues and
One morning your Momma went to Heaven you said fuck it (It's alright)
I'm gonna pick up an AK-47 so I'm gonna protect myself (It's alright)
How can I protect myself
Well how can I protect you right now (It's alright)
How can I protect you right now (It's alright)

It's alright
It's alright
It's alright
It's alright
It's alright
It's alright
It's alright