The rain on the road crackles all night
 It's the loneliest sound I know


I listen to the cars
 Rushing by, indifferently 
I'm jealous with nowhere to go


And the postman is the only one
 Making a path to my door


But he won't bring what I need
 Since I told that man
 "I can't see you anymore"

I can hardly remember all those stories we read 
'Bout being swept up and carried 'cross the water

I can barely remember
 What it felt like
To be somebody's daughter

Oh, mother may I - could I lay down here
 While you softly sing me to sleep?


Don't start on me about
 The things I have to give away
 And what I get to keep


Oh, father, will you hold my hand again
 And walk me across the street?


Just hold back the judgments
 And comparisons 
I want to remember you as sweet

I forgot that you
 Never threw me a line
 When I was in turbulent water


You made it so hard for me 
To think of myself 
As somebody's daughter

I ended up here in the cold and rain 
Piecing together on my own


The one man who really loved me
 Was the reason I left home

This is no place for a woman like me
 To find herself alone


The wind snaps cold
 everywhere I turn Could he just come take me home?

My suitcase is closed and packed
 Full of betrayal, and loss and lies


I dragged it up the stairs 
To this lonely room
 Where my dreams came to die


But I keep thinking I'm hearing a melody
 From another time and place


I can feel him right here 
In this room, next to me
 I can almost see his face

I've blocked out so many things
 I don't want to see again 
I came here through hell and high water


But I remember a man
 Who treated me like
 I was somebody's daughter

(Outro)