| I was only 13 when daddy died
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| Mama started drinking and my brother just quit trying
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| I’m still bouncing back, heaven only knows
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| How I came out like a rose
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| Ran off with what’s his name when I turned 18
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| Got me out of North Dakota, but it did not change a thing
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| I left it in the yard, all covered up with snow
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| And I came out like a rose
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| Sitting in this diner with a coffee in my hand
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| Waiting on a bus to some promise land
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| I got a one way ticket as far as it goes
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| And I came out like a rose
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| So I’m headed south to anywhere that ain’t so damn cold
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| Where I can warm my heart and shake the chill from my bones
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| It took a while to get here, it’s been a long hard road
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| And I came out like a rose
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| Sitting in this diner with a coffee in my hand
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| Waiting on a bus to some promise land
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| I got a one way ticket as far as it goes
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| And I came out like a rose
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| It took a while to get here, it’s been a long hard road
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| And I came out like a rose |