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Linda Connell Studley: Music

Damned if She Just Walks Away

(Linda Connell Studley)
July 2, 2009
Linda Studley
Janie takes a walk down by the waterside
Watches the sun slide into the sea
The wind tears the note out of her tremblin’ hand
To dance it across the sand, where she’d like to be

And she’s damned if she does
She’s damned if she doesn’t
And she’s damned if she just walks away
Janie, what have you done?
What happened to the yearbook smile
And the carefree style of the girl most likely to succeed?
Janie, where have you gone
You don’t have to face the world alone
There are folks at home who can give you
What you need

Janie had a life, Janie had lots of plans
That somehow got out of hand, out of control
Easy to drift, easy to follow blind
Spending her last dime, the price of her soul

Janie walks alone down by the waterside
Feels like the ebb tide; sliding away