Wrong Way Round

Pretty girl, rich family On the outskirts of Philly Middle kid, nobody cared And so she learned to make em stare Eleven years old when her parents split Well her daddy was drinkin', her mama got hitched To a man down in Mexico Well pack your bags honey, it's off we go When you're born the wrong round To the wrong people The wrong turn You spend your lifetime travellin round Lookin' for something that won't let you down Well those revolution men They party all night Nobody taught her to read or write Only to cook for a goddamn fool To send him to an ashfield finishing school When you're born the wrong way around To the wrong people Wrong turn You spend your lifetime travellin around Lookin for something that won't let you down Single mother in a New York slum She broke out screamin on the bus ride home They took her away for to be controlled Now she can't stand eatin' dinner alone When you're born the wrong way around To the wrong people The wrong turn You spend your lifetime travellin around Lookin' for something that won't let you down Mm mm mm mmm Mm mm mm mm Mm mm mm mm Mm mm mm mm The windy city took her in On the 13th floor she could breathe again And she had the biggest smile When she held her first grandchild