Joanie packed her bags Made sure to bring her mate' Told her mom and dad that She never met nobody else Quite like lee He moved down from Oregon in the rain Established a connection with an underground king They'll have it all, in the blink of an eye I'm the only one who knows how this happened all so fast We both grew up together I thought I knew this love would last Guess I was wrong, Heaven song, goodness gone In the blink of an eye
She's a very pretty girl With a magnolia smile In this white wedding world It only takes a little while To get what you want When no one's looking in
There's a river running through The backwoods of her brain It brought a rapid fast delivery Of aqua colored pain, that no one could see Pity please, pretty please goes on in the night They're trading places, they're missing faces Their wanted poster’s on the wall They're keeping pace with Two hopped up hippies in the Superdome Mama calling on the phone, when you coming home?
She's a very pretty girl With a magnolia smile In this white wedding world It only takes a little while To get what you want When no one's looking in Go get what you want When no one's looking in
So I keep an eye out for the bright searchlight I swear I'll never let you down again And if we try with all our mite Maybe we can reach the shore again
But there's something in the air That's keeping me up, and I know why…
So I keep an eye out for the bright searchlight I swear I'll never let you down again And if we try with all our might Maybe we can reach the shore again I've searched for you all my life Stealing in those backwood halls again It's up in the air the feelings we shared I never know just where to begin