Sweet Lorraine the fiery haired brown eyed schemer
Who came from a long line of drinkers and dreamers
Who knew that sunshine don't hold up to dark

Whose businesses fail
Who sleep in the park
Lorraine who spoke of paintings in Paris

And outlandish things to her family just to scare us
whose heart went pokin' where it shouldn't ought
Whose mother could only sppit at the thought of

Lorraine, sweet Lorraine

Her father her father would tear out like a page of the bible

Then he'd burn down the house to announce his arriva1
Her mother was working and never was home
Lorraine carved out a little life of her own

Lorraine started working, Lorraine went to school
Her mother threw stones at her on the day that she moved
Now isn't that a very strange thing to do

For someone who never really wanted you
Lorraine, sweet Lorraine


Her daddy called her a !@#% and a !@^%
On the night before her wedding day
The very next morning at the church

Her daddy gave Lorraine away
Lorraine, sweet Lorraine


In the battle of time in the battle of will
It's only your hope and your heart that gets killed
And it gets harder and harder lorraine, to believe in magic

When what came before you is so very tragic
Lorraine, sweet Lorraine
Lorraine, sweet Lorraine