Jacaranda Street

Lyrics

[Verse 1] My mother told me as a child She lived on Jacaranda Street With sidewalks covered in purple flowers From the jacaranda trees [Verse 2] She didn't live there long But then, she didn't live long anywhere Rolled around from town to town Like a Santa Ana breeze [Refrain] Always a new world Always the new girl [Verse 3] Her father was a bootlegger A charmer in a Model T He played the keys, he spoke chinese Knew every back road [Verse 4] But half the time he wasn't there And left her in her mother's care They'd move and live and move again Or so the legend goes [Refrain] Always a new world Always the new girl [Chorus] It takes a certain kind of soul To come from nearly nothing And turn it into something grand Always looking for a golden door A place to call her home Praying for the wanderer's holy land Can anybody really understand? [Verse 5] My mother told me as a child She left her favourite doll behind No time to cry or say goodbye Just travelling on again [Verse 6] And by the time of caps and gowns She lived in over 30 towns She'd meet someone and then it was done Lost another friend [Refrain] Always a new world Always the new girl [Chorus] It takes a certain kind of soul To come from nearly nothing And turn it into something grand Always looking for a golden door A place to call her home Praying for the wanderer's holy land Can anybody really understand? [Bridge] Jacaranda Jacaranda Jacaranda Jacaranda [Verse 7] My mother told me as a child She lived on Jacaranda Street I like to think she found some peace Under Jacaranda trees [Chorus] It takes a certain kind of soul To come from nearly nothing And turn it into something grand Always looking for a golden door A place to call her home Praying for the wanderer's holy land Can anybody really understand?