Runaway Girl

[Verse 1: Dorothy Jo Owens Parton, Dorothy Jo Owens Parton & Dolly Parton]
My mother left my daddy, ran away with another man
It wasn't very long until my daddy married again
They had a little boy they called Jimmy, my half brother
They said he was just like my dad and I was like my mother

[Verse 2: Dorothy Jo Owens Parton, Dorothy Jo Owens Parton & Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton]
Now Jimmy's old enough to go school, he's so mean
He tells my daddy lies on me just to start a scene (Oh, ooh, woah)
My daddy beats me every day for one thing or another
And tells me every day I'm getting more and more like mother

[Verse 3: Dorothy Jo Owens Parton, Dorothy Jo Owens Parton & Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton]
One day at school, a boy asked me if he could carry my books
And before I could say yes, I know little Jimmy gave me a look
That told me I would get a beating whenever I got home
And so he ran ahead of me and left me with his boy alone (Alone)

[Verse 4: Dorothy Jo Owens Parton, Dorothy Jo Owens Parton & Dolly Parton]
My mind was running wild, I wondered how much could I take
When this boy I barely knew asked me for a date
I told him I'd do anything just to get away
So we made our plans for me to run away that day

[Verse 5: Dorothy Jo Owens Parton, Dorothy Jo Owens Parton & Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton]
Now I'm living in a dingy room in a dirty part of town (Oh, oh, oh, oh)
And this boy I barely know hardly ever comes around (Oh, oh, oh, oh)
But he pays my rent and buys my food and calls himself my lover
Daddy tells folks back home I ran away
Just like my mother

[Outro: Dorothy Jo Owens Parton, Dorothy Jo Owens Parton & Dolly Parton]
Oh, if I could only tell my father
I'd rather have the real, true love of a daddy and a mother