A girl lies on stairs
A life and soul for-thought
To be like her sister
Close her eyes and close a drawer
At ten years old she knew how to dance along
She and her mother
Her mother get along
Loretta take me home, your ocean eyes like mine
Loretta take me home, your ocean eyes like mine
Loretta take me home, and wind on down the vine
You helped bring me to life
She don't fit into America
The red, the white, and the blue
To dance and tell her secrets
Live a life to live she would
It hurt to tell she loved them
Show her face and spread the light
No crying, dear
Leave a mark she might
Loretta take me home, your ocean eyes like mine
Loretta take me home, your ocean eyes like mine
Loretta take me home, and wind on down the vine
You helped bring me to life
To hold on tight
To say goodnight