She moved into a trailer – With a drunken sailor – But she couldn’t keep things shipshape
The more that he kept drinking – The more that she kept thinking – About making her escape.
Cause after he flipped out – She started to slip out
And once he shipped out – She just split town – She told me
I gotta get to Beaumont tonight – Can you help me friend
If I can get to Beaumont I can set things right – And I’ll never have to ask again
She never said what she was going for – Could be a man – Probably to score
I stopped asking long ago – Some things you just don’t need to know
Like some dumb caper – Hanging bad paper
And you can’t make her – See what’s at stake for her – She told me
I gotta get to Beaumont tonight – Can you help me friend
If I can get to Beaumont I can set things right – And I’ll never have to ask again
And I was wondering if she made it this time – Was she finally free
Then the phone rang and a voice came down the line – Saying
would you accept the charges please
She moved into a trailer – With a drunken sailor – But she couldn’t keep
things shipshape
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