Like a Rose

I was only 13 when Daddy died

Momma started drinking and my brother just quit trying

I'm still bouncing back

Heaven only knows

How I came out like a rose

Ran off with what's his name

When I turned 18 it got me out of North Dakota

But it did not change a thing

I left it in the yard

All covered up with snow

And I came out like a rose

Sittin' in this diner with a coffee in my hand

Waiting on a bus to some promised land

I got a one-way ticket

As far as it goes

And I came out like a rose

So I'm headed south to anywhere

That ain't so damn cold

Where I can warm my heart

And shake the chill from my bones

It took a while to get here

It's been a long hard road

And I came out like a rose

Sittin' in this diner with a coffee in my hand

Waiting on a bus to some promised land

I got a one-way ticket

As far as it goes

And I came out like a rose

It took a while to get here

It's been a long hard road

And I came out like a rose