Madonna w/Child ca. 1969 - Guy Clark

Oh, the beautiful red-haired Madonna with child

Sat on the curb wearin' a smile

That doubled up the years and trebled the miles

And comforts the babe in the softest of style

She woke up in San Francisco on the day she turned 16

Haight St. was somethin' then, hey man you should have seen

And she took up with this drummer in some good time Texas scene

And she loved him till the day they shipped him back home to Killeen

She said she danced up in North Beach when the need arose

She’s tryin' to start a little trade of makin' people clothes

To feed the child and pay the rent and everybody knows

She’s a little hard for 21, that’s the way she goes

She’s livin' on next to nothin' and memories from the past

Just a fading flower child tryin' to make it last

She’s got answers to some questions I would not dare to ask

Survival’s never graceful when the changes come that fast

Oh, the beautiful red-haired Madonna with child

Sat on the curb wearin' a smile

That doubled up the years, trebled the miles

Comforts the babe in the softest of style