What Would You Do - Edie Brickell

Barely old enough to legally drive

She took off in her stepmothers van

A restlessness that blew her over the line

Like the wind inside an aluminum can

At a pay phone in a donut shop

She called a friend back home

Were all worried theyve called the cops

Are you crazy?

Where have you gone?

She said what would you do if you were me?

When its suicide to stay, and murder to leave

She ran out of gas down in New Mexico

And got a job at a local cafe

Friday nights they featured live rock and roll

She fell in love with a boy who played

He had soulful eyes and indian blood

No intention of staying around

All he took was his harmonica and her heart when he left town

He said what would you do if you were me?

When its suicide to stay, and murder to leave?

She never married but she did have a child

A sweet young girl by the name of Sioux

She had spirit and a heart breaking smile

And some beat up moccasin boots

Anf they had nothing but each others love

An apartment by the tracks

And when the day came that Sioux grew up.

She said someday Ill be back

Oh now

What would you do, if you were me?

When its suicide to stay, and murder to leave?