Karen's Blues

You arrived alive in the spring And for a reckless little while, I took you in And it was well known you were born to lose Born to be bad Born to use me And all that summer we played a game Well, I knew that you could leave And you said you'd stay Well, autumn's blew came and wrecked the yard You wretched little wind You do blow hard Lone, lone, lone goes the sparrow My feet, feet, feet are on my road And though I can't go back to where I'm from For all that, life's not so terrible Karen, where have you been? For just a little while, on the street of Lexington Long hair sitting in the sun You were so young, so full of devastation Lone, lone, lone goes the sparrow My feet, feet, feet are on my road Though I can't go back to where I'm from After all that life's not so terrible Oh, sweet, sweet, sweet is the sparrow My feet, feet, feet are on my road And though I can't go back to where I'm from For all that, life's not so terrible