Della Brown

You've got a cardboard house

Live there all the time

Keep your memories tied with string



The face that many once adored

Twenty years gone maybe more

Somewhere you lost the dream



Mama watched your every move

But now you're all alone

Yeah she's been gone for awhile



Daddy left some time ago

Fading years pass too slow

He's the only one, could make you smile, smile



Oh, you're still crying



Big city bound gonna make your mark

Read your name in the lights

All the ads and people say, beauty let's you get you way

Tried your best to prove them right



But living on the streets ain't bad

Sad people make you glad

Pardon me, could you spare some change?



Oh, you're still crying



Street corner girl watch the crowd go by

Fill your tin can with life, summer days tend to slip away

Like your men you couldn't make them stay

Hard to choose, whiskey or a wife



Sometimes you wonder where's the end

Where you goin' where you been?

Happiness seems so hard to win



Most never care to find

Della Brown sees it all the time

Looking for that man to make her smile again



Oh, you're still crying