Good As She Could Be
Well, she was a millionaire
Before she was fourteen
But there was an emptiness there
That to practically everyone else could be seen
She hit up on the drug of love
Though there was no hole in her arm
There was a hole some place else
About as big as dady 10.000 acre farm
Oh, she was dying for it
For all the world to see
Ah, she was as good as she could be
Well, she had a baby at eighteen
Never finished high school
Her husband beat her for money and sex
Till that Cadillac finally ran out of fuel
One disaster led to another
Down to her and her baby son
Born with a silver spoon in her mouth
Headed south now
'Cause she was never born to run
Oh, she was dying for it
For all the world to see
Ah, she was as good as she could be
Oh, she was dying for it
For all the world to see
Ah, she was as good as she could be
Well, her momma died last year
And her daddy he called her back home
But when he opened the door
He could not recognize
This spectre of hair and bone
But it was his own baby child
Though she looked like an old woman now
Well she lived ten lifetimes in five years
Anywhere that the law would allow
Oh, she was dying for it
For all the world to see
Ah, she was as good as she could be
Oh, she was dying for it
For all the world to see
Ah, she was as good as she could be
Yeah, she was good as she could be
Ah, she was good as she could be
Tan Buena Como Podía Ser
Bueno, ella era millonaria
Antes de cumplir catorce años
Pero había un vacío allí
Que prácticamente todos los demás podían ver
Se enganchó con la droga del amor
Aunque no había un agujero en su brazo
Había un agujero en otro lugar
Tan grande como la finca de 10.000 acres de papá
Oh, ella estaba muriendo por ello
Para que todo el mundo lo viera
Ah, ella era tan buena como podía ser
Bueno, tuvo un bebé a los dieciocho
Nunca terminó la escuela secundaria
Su esposo la golpeaba por dinero y sexo
Hasta que ese Cadillac finalmente se quedó sin combustible
Un desastre llevó a otro
Hasta ella y su hijo bebé
Nacido con una cuchara de plata en la boca
Se dirigía al sur ahora
Porque nunca nació para correr
Oh, ella estaba muriendo por ello
Para que todo el mundo lo viera
Ah, ella era tan buena como podía ser
Oh, ella estaba muriendo por ello
Para que todo el mundo lo viera
Ah, ella era tan buena como podía ser
Bueno, su mamá murió el año pasado
Y su papá la llamó de vuelta a casa
Pero cuando abrió la puerta
No pudo reconocer
Este espectro de cabello y hueso
Pero era su propio hijo bebé
Aunque ahora parecía una anciana
Vivió diez vidas en cinco años
Dondequiera que la ley lo permitiera
Oh, ella estaba muriendo por ello
Para que todo el mundo lo viera
Ah, ella era tan buena como podía ser
Oh, ella estaba muriendo por ello
Para que todo el mundo lo viera
Ah, ella era tan buena como podía ser
Sí, era tan buena como podía ser
Ah, era tan buena como podía ser