The All-American Ladies Choice

You know she missed her period and she missed graduation, And she missed those wedding bells. And her daddy’s shot-gun missed the boy next door— Where he’s gone nobody can tell. It’s a simple operation—her sister recommends it— Her daddy’s going to foot the bill, It’s the All-American Ladies Choice… It’s a legalized license to kill. God help me Jesus, forgive what we’ve done, Did we murder a daughter, or a rambunctious bouncing son? God help me, Jesus, please hear my voice— Forgive me…for making the All-American Ladies’ Choice! The weary old world takes a couple rotations And she marries someone new, But every year ‘round Mothers’ Day, She’s unaccountably blue. Ten years later in a ‘Frisco apartment A cowboy tunes his guitar…. He’s been educated in the Land of the Free That your songs reveal who you are. He sings, God help me Jesus, forgive what we’ve done, Did we murder a daughter, or annihilate a rambunctious, bouncing son? God help me, Jesus, please hear my voice… Forgive me…for helping her make the All-American Ladies’ Choice.