Holly Near - Started Out Fine

(Lyrics and music by Holly Near © 1973)
From the album "A Live Album" © 1974

Holly Near (born June 6, 1949 in Ukiah, California) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, teacher, and activist for social change.

Lyrics

Started out fine, we were moving ahead
I was driving the truck
You were combing the hair on the head of the one in the middle
She was loving it all, bouncing 'round like a rubber ball

And you thought she was just about the finest kid
I had to agree
But maybe that's 'cause she looks like me
And you were filling a space -- maybe taking the place of a father

But when you started seeing that it might be a scene
You got to complaining, you got pretty mean
First it was the weather and then it was me
And then you started taking it out on the baby

Well if you think traveling three is a drag
Well pack up loner
I've got my own bag full of dreams for this little child of wonder
And you can only stay if you start to understand

How an old camp fire gets warmer with you
But even when you're gone
It still cooks the stew and the coffee that frees my soul
And I ain't ready to grow that old

You say "Go home lady, and find you a someone"
Who's gonna turn into be a middle class bum anyway
Well he might make me some money
But that ain't the kind of life we're looking for honey

So don't go around saying I've been a burden to you
You've been a burden to me and we're through
If you can't seem to find the joy in my living
Can't seem to get into taking and giving
'Cause I've got a little one who loves me as much as you need me
And darling that's loving enough
For a hiking boot mother who's seeing the world
For the first time with her own little girl

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[Seattlecarnut]

So have I. Awesome song!

[BigMapleFishThing]

Thank you so much for uploading this!! I have been looking for it for years!

[n12961]

Me again... was wondering if you had intended in uploading 'It Could Have Been Me'??

[n12961]

A brilliant song xx