Blue Valley Songbird Lyrics - Hungry Again - Dolly Parton

She was born in a place called Blue Valley 

At the foot of the Tennessee hills 

With the blue birds and blue bells 

And blue mountain water 

And the sound of the Blue Whippoorwill 

But there was no peace in the valley 

Her daddy, a cruel, ruthless man 

Used and abused her mind and her body 

So her mama said run while you can 

So at fifteen she took to the highway 

Belongings and guitar in hand 

And she buried herself in her music 

The one thing she did understand 

And she sings like a bird and she writes like a poet 

Her voice has that high, lonesome sound 

She hurts, and her songs are the best way to show it 

So the Blue Valley songbird keeps traveling around 

She hopes someday she will make it 

And everyone says that she will 

When she comes to town, crowds flock around 

To see the girl from the Tennessee hills 

She writes her letter back home to her mama 

In care of the preacher in town 

They're sacred to her so she reads them at church 

And so her daddy cannot track her down 

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And she sings like a bird and she cries like a baby 

Whenever she turns off the lights 

She's a whole lot lonesome and a little bit crazy 

From mem'ries and miseries and dreams gone awry 

Blue dress, blue shoes, a blue Cadillac 

A band dressed in blue by her side 

Instruments tied to the top and the back 

'Cause the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight 

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One nighters, honky tonks, years flying by 

She never made it, but Lord knows she tries 

Expressing the feelings she holds inside 

And the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight 

Oh the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight 

And she sings like a bird and she writes like a poet