Excerpt, Chapter 3: “From Where I Sit” Lyrics

Seemingly invincible, jeans baggy and bright

There's got to be somewhere else we can take our money tonight

The only man I've ever loved left when the grinder went empty

I was dancing on his car-hood when he headed Southwest out of Jersey

Tattoos of Texas up and down his forearms

Somewhere outside Memphis dropped me at a bus stop

If there is any doubt that I do

Darling it's cause I do it for you

If there is any doubt that I do

Darling it's cause I do it for you

Killed my man cause I couldn't hold him

Under Redbuds blooming

Says "I'm not usually at a loss for words…"

A master of ceremonies crooning

His face went slack, to suggest adjournment of emotion

And like the audience I wandered off into city streets, skylines eroding

If there is any doubt that I do

Darling it's cause I do it for you

If there is any doubt that I do

Darling it's cause I do it for you"

Work myself into an early death

Unless someone can save me

Cause from where I'm sitting

You're all I've got baby

If there is any doubt that I do

Darling it's cause I do it for you

If there is any doubt that I do

Darling it's cause I do it for you

If there is any doubt that I do

Darling it's cause I do it for you

If there is any doubt that I do

Darling it's cause I do it for you