Heiress

HEIRESS
VERSE 1
It was all in the past, ‘til that moment last
When she rumbled into the dirt driveway
There the house stood, tarpaper and wood
With her daddy’s old rusty Chevrolet

VERSE 2
She stepped from the car, the house door ajar
She entered with some hesitation
The place was a wreck, from years of neglect
But this was the home of her raisin’

CHORUS
Now she’s an heiress
To the memories of her youth
She’s an heiress
To an old dirt patch
By the coal train tracks
Just a tumble down shack
With a leaky roof

VERSE 3
There on the wall, lines showing how tall
All marked out in mama’s handwriting
Daddy‘s old chair, still sitting right there
For a flash it was so inviting

VERSE 4
Her family of three, trying to tune in TV
Hoping to see “I Love Lucy”
The memories won’t fade, ‘cause she hits replay
In her own cherished black-and-white movie

REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE 5
Those were the days, time sure slips away
From a place that not many would dream of
But when she looked back, hardships could not detract
From a home place so full of her family love

REPEAT CHORUS

Where her seeds were sown
Her dreams were grown
She’s come back home… to her roots