On Her Own

Good ol' Alexandra left her man last night

Off to Louisiana with New Orleans in sight

Her determination went right down to her bones

She is gonna make it on her own

Yeah

Always been a rambler, movin' her whole life

Daddy was a gambler with a heavy-hearted wife

The twilight wind blows her face in that Broncos engine moan

But she is gonna make it on her own

That girl don't fake it, give her rules she'll break it

She'll love you on and on and then she'll be gone

She's gonna make it on her own

Yeah

She's on her own

Yeah

Mom lives down in Gretna, workin' at the Oakwood mall

Hasn't seen her Alex since Katrina conquered all

She'll be in and out as fast as a hurricane is blown

She is gonna make it on her own

That girl don't fake it, give her rules she'll break it

She'll love you on and on and then she'll be gone

She's gonna make it on her own

Baby's on her own

Yeah

Go

Oh, Alex

I fantasize about a love she never had for me

She wouldn't marry him 'cause she just wants her liberty

In fifty years I bet you'll see these words on her gravestone

"Here's a girl who made it on her own"

That girl don't fake it, give her rules she'll break it

She'll love you on and on and then she'll be gone

That girl don't fake it, give her rules she'll break it

She'll love you on and on and on and on and on

And she's gonna make it on her own