Song Description

Song about the mean streets of Philadelphia, and the people who end up on those streets.

Lyrics

Venango Girl

She was walking down Venango when I saw her in the rain
And I kind of got to thinking that I?d like to be with her again
She was working on the mean streets of Philadelphia
And she never saw the danger waiting in the dark for her

And she says ?Momma?s gonna buy you a diamond ring
Momma?s gonna buy you everything
Momma?s gonna take away your tears
If I get enough cash to get out of here?

She grew up in a small town on the banks of the Delaware
And her Daddy was a farmer who drank until he didn?t care
She ran away after 8th grade when she couldn?t take her life no more
And she drifted to the city on the wrong side of the law

Chorus

Now she?s fights the fire within her veins
And she?s takes the pills to ease the pain
And it?s drives her gradually insane
And she?s never gonna be an innocent again

She never thinks of the future, just how to get another hit
They drive up and they buy her from the corner where she usually sits
No-one really knows her, they don?t want to see her world
They just want to use her; she?s just a Venango girl

Chorus

Hush little baby don?t say a word
Momma gonna buy you a mocking bird
And if that mocking bird don?t sing
Momma?s gonna buy you a diamond ring
And if that diamond ring turns brass
Momma?s gonna buy you a looking glass
And if that looking glass gets broke
Momma?s gonna buy you a Billy Goat
I won?t give up, it?s just a battle of me
It?s just an ordinary day, it?s just the battle of me