madonna w/child ca. 1969

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