(intro) CFGC CFGC C F G C Standing on the side of the Highway 4 exit F G C A lady in tie-dye, a bag by her side F G C Not really looking like anything special F G C Saw Tennessee tags and she waved for a ride F G C Sat right beside me as the meter hit sixty F G C Explaining her travels and her family background F G C When she got through, I could not help but thinking F G C She's a long way from the West Nashville Grand Ballroom gown G D G Her father had money and her mother had love D G Channeled entirely to her dear sister Dove D G Twenty-two years in society's plan F D Was cancelled with a swing of her dear mother's hand C F G C Six hours later, we hit Cincinnati F G C Yawning she woke and then asked where we were F G C When she found out, she said, "I must be going" F G C This close to Nashville was too close for her FGC F G C So I stopped by the roadside and I gave her five dollars F G C She took it then kissed me and gave me a note F G C She told me just to read it then mail it in Nashville F G C On old looseleaf paper to her mother she wrote G D G She said, "Mama, I'm fine, if you happen to wonder D G I don't have much money but I still get around D G I haven't made church in near thirty-six Sundays D D So f**k all those West Nashville Grand Ballroom gowns" CFGC F G C Yeah, she's a long way from the West Nashville Grand Ballroom gown