A small town in Georgia was my childhood home For its three rivers and seven hills its exotic name was borrowed My daddy to and pianos and my mother made all my clothes And I would have done anything to get the hell out of Rome
And I said take me away I can't stand another day Of this old mill town It ain't nothing but a pulpwood cage I said there's got to be more than this And if I had me one wish I'd go all the way from Rome to Paris
I married a soldier the day I turned sixteen years old He was shipping off to another world A land so shiny and gold I was just a child with big dreams though I thought I was grown And I spent all autumn picking cotton to buy my trousseau
And I said take me away I can't stand another day Of this red quicksand they call Georgia clay I said there's got to be more than this And I blew my mother a kiss And I went all the way from Rome to Paris
When I touch down on that foreign ground It was harder than I could have known His tender touch turned to fists of rage And his tainted blood ran cold And that golden gown I'd toiled for seemed like a dirty joke I'd come all the way across the ocean but never got out of Rome
And I said take me away I can't stand another day Of his drinking and carrying on and acting crazy There must be something I missed I didn't bargain for this When I went all the way from Rome to Paris One day, one day, I'm going to get away And i'll take myself from Rome to Paris I'll go all the way from Rome to ParisTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.