Full-Grown Woman

FULL-GROWN WOMAN

She's a full grown woman on a mini bike
Got my motor hummin’  and that's what I like
I got me a solar powered motorbike
A little chance of showers for a moonlight hike
We’ll be back a little later, right around midnight
I never meant to date her, but we're doin’ all right
Life among the haters in the neon lights
Thankin’ the Creator cuz I'm putting up a fight

I ain't takin’ anything for granted anymore
Ain't so long ago that I was sleepin’ on cardboard
Rainy nights I'm underneath a flatbed Ford
Till she come-a knockin’ on my rusty back door
I got an education, and I can tell you all for sure
Why alienation is keeping down the poor
On the reservation, the battle lines are down
Military occupation everywhere in this town

On the reservation, the battle lines are drawn
A desperate situation at the coming of the Dawn
A whole lot of our brothers are about to go home
We might live together, but we always die alone

CHORUS:
She's a Full-Grown Woman and she's got her own mind
Who am I to tell her she should leave it all behind
I've been around the world again, and it’s lost in time
Tapping out its rhythms in syncopated time
Smoke another cigarette, and drink a box of wine
Shake and rattle, roll them, put your money on the line
Foot down on the throttle got me feelin’ real fine

Last thing I remember, I was breakin’ through a fence
The Papers in the Mornin’ said it was an accident
Seems like all the Hospitals were loaded to the gills
That's when my Little Darlin’ said we're Headin’ for the Hills!
A big ol’ Hoot and Holler, and a Rooster Tail behind
I don't have to tell her that she's always on my mind
I’m a happy feller when I'm comin’ from behind
We're gonna be together till the very End of Time
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