C5 A5 Met on an interstate F5 C5 Bound for Carolina A5 C5 Sure is hard to get there F5 C5 But your soul knows the way C5 A5 She had the gift of tongue F5 C5 Laurels and medals A5 C5 He gave up that life F5 C5 Long before today G5 F5 C5 C5 She was fourteen years old A5 F5 C5 C5 He was barely a man A5 G5 F5 Now she's pickin' up her life G5 C5 F5 F5 C5 F5 F5 An' he sings with the band C5 A5 Her eyes light up the night F5 C5 Like itty bits o' sequin A5 C5 She likes his face F5 C5 A story of its own C5 A5 Company's a fright F5 C5 Lonely in Manhattan A5 C5 Waiting for a savior F5 C5 Or to see his show G5 F5 C5 C5 She grew out her hair A5 F5 C5 C5 Says she wants to be a star A5 G5 F5 It's a long road to heaven G5 From the backseat of A5 car C5 F5 F5 C5 C5 C5 A5 G5 F5 C5 A dancer, a poet, a living existential A5 F5 C5 C5 Nothing St. Estephe cannot save A5 G5 F5 C5 One can escape from running in circles A5 F5 G5 Promises die in the grave C5 A5 Night they finally spent F5 C5 Winona, Minnesota A5 C5 A pretty face was born here F5 C5 The ugly pass away C5 A5 Holy is the magic F5 C5 In this life or after A5 C5 Romance is a stranger F5 C5 Lets a lover stay G5 F5 C5 C5 Now she's twenty years old A5 F5 C5 C5 And she's found another man A5 G5 F5 She's lookin' back on life G5 C5 FF5 C5 FF5 C5 FF5 CC5 An' he sings in the band