Breaking Down

Sure as stone surely she's the one Harbor town prom queen on the run Good as gold with dreams of California She'd sell her soul just to get out of southern Georgia Mr. Friday night slams the car door in frustration He says not a word and drops her off down at the greyhound station She's got forty-seven dollars and he thinks what's the use in trying She's like a rhinestone out there man swimming in a sea of diamonds She'll be coming home for Christmas He'll be camping out on Diamond-head road Drinking red wine and wishing those headlights would slow Breaking down She met Gustavo, says he can make her a star But she aint no fool boys, she didn't let it get that far She's got a job waiting tables and a run down one room shack He wrote letters and she even wrote one back She'll be coming home for Christmas He'll be camping out on Diamond-head road Drinking red wine and wishing those headlights would slow Breaking down He went to tryouts and she studied acting He couldn't hack it, Athens sent him packing Then he took off west and got as far as Santa Fe Before pride put up a roadblock on that reconcile highway And she's never coming home for Christmas But he's still camping out on Diamond-head road Drinking red wine and wishing those headlights would slow Breaking down Breaking down Breaking down