Rita’s out on the street tonight
Driving through the rain
She’s got lots of new reasons not to trust any man again
And even though she’ll be alright
She’ll never be the same again
She’ll move closer to her mama, let her daughter keep her daddy’s name
Sometimes you’ve only got one road and it’s a rocky ride
Sometimes there isn’t time to think about the tears you’ve cried
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You take it as it comes
When you’ve got no way to hide from the hurting inside
When there’s nowhere you can really run
You take it as it comes
Rita’s out on the street tonight
Midnight feels so strange
She’s got her baby in the car seat
Her sleeping face flashing as the signals change
They roll up to the corner for the seventh time
As they circle around the square
The movie crowd is spilling out across the street
Rita sits at that light and stares
And she wonders if there’s any reason in the world to try
And she glances at her little girl and she remembers why
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And one foot goes in front of the other
And one day rolls into the next
Sometimes you’ve got to let your heart be numb
And take it as it comes
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