She asked for her mama's bathrobe

And a pot of potato soup


She's gonna dry out this time if it kills her


She wants the whole family in the loop

She can outsmart death like a stuntman


She's a cat with 99 lives


She's my !@(% addict sister

And I've known her all my life


SHE'S MY HEROIN ADDICT SISTER


AND I HATE TO SEE HER GO

AND I HATE TO SEE HER HOLDIN ON


AT THE END OF THE SAME OLE ROPE


She pushes a tiny needle

It's like the devil's DNA


It takes her somewhere she's just gotta go


But can't afford to stay

She stripped for a while in Connecticut


Got married at least 5 times


Every one of them men was crazy about her

So she married a couple of em twice


She's a certified underwater welder


She can cook, clean, and crochet

She can flash a smile from her sweet weary soul


That'll melt all your doubts away


SHE'S MY HEROIN ADDICT SISTER

AND I HATE TO SEE HER GO


AND I HATE TO SEE HER HOLDIN ON


AT THE END OF THE SAME OLE ROPE

She's high at the homeless shelter


When she's had it out with my niece


She don't notice the holes in her clothes

Or perverted Orlando police


I've been so mad I wanted to kill her


So worried I had to cry

Such crazy stories I can't help but laugh


So scared of when she's gonna die


She called outside of Atlanta

Been dodging them big ole trucks


Ya know she cleaned up in Tennessee one time before

She just needs a couple hundred bucks


And she just needs to be with us

We all say thank God mama

Ain't here to go through it this time


She's in heaven telling them Macon County cops

Better give her baby a ride


And they got to her just in time

SHE'S MY HEROINE ADDICT SISTER

AND I HATE TO SEE HER GO


AND I HATE TO SEE HER HOLDIN ON

AT THE END OF THE SAME OLE ROPE

AT THE END OF THE SAME OLE ROPE,


ALWAYS AT THE END OF HER ROPE