"Girl Who Could Sing" lyrics - WYNONNA JUDD

I didn't know my daddy
I guess he was proud
The plot turns in coal mine Kentucky
Where he sleeps in the ground
Louisa kept secrets
I was bound to find out
He had a drawer full of newspaper clippings
About me they found

[Chorus:]
Before you left, I didn't quite get your last name
Did you hear the same lies that kept us away?
Two worlds apart, ten miles too far
Who I was to you is still a mystery to me
Was I ever really your daughter
Or just a girl who could sing?
A girl who could sing

Did my voice and my backbone
Both come from you?
Now the middleman's gone
All the answers died with her too
Did you ever buy a ticket?
Did you come to a show?
It will play in my mind for a lifetime
To never really know

[Chorus:]
Before you left, I didn't quite get your last name
Did you hear the same lies that kept us away?
Two worlds apart, ten miles too far
Who I was to you is still a mystery to me
Was I ever really your daughter
Or just a girl who could sing?
A girl who could sing

[Bridge:]
You're off the hook, but my heart's hollowed out
Like the spot where they found you watching me on TV
On your couch with your last breath, did you finally see
I was always ready for you to love me?
I can't help but feel mad at these words that I read
How can a headstone in Pine Hill know you better than me?
Better than me
Better than me
I was ready to find you
But you were ready to leave
The girl who could sing
Ooh

[Chorus:]
Before you left, I didn't quite get your last name
Did you hear the same lies that kept us away?
Two worlds apart, ten miles too far
Who I was to you is still a mystery to me
Was I ever really your daughter? Mm, mm

[Outro:]
I didn't know my daddy
I guess he was proud
The plot turns in coal mine Kentucky
Where he sleeps in the ground