Blossom In the Dust

There's a single wide trailer past the railroad tracks Old car in the front, weeds in the back Mama had her there when she was sixteen years old Took one look at her and named her Rose Fragile little Rose had to grow up fast Between the habit and the job that her mama had I've never seen a situation half that bad She's a blossom in the dust All her colors covered up Give a rose a little rain, lots of sun and all your love And watch her blossom in the dust We rescued that child in the nick of time Found a real nice couple 'cross the county line Who'd been trying to have a little girl of their own And would give anything to give little Rose a home That mama to be took one look at her In her tattered flowered dress and her tangled curls She said that's not just any girl She's a blossom in the dust All her colors covered up Give a rose a little rain, lots of sun and all your love And watch her blossom in the dust Oh, sometimes the only way To overcome a circumstance Is someone giving someone else A fighting chance She's a blossom in the dust All her colors covered up Give a rose a little rain, lots of sun and all your love She's a blossom in the dust All her colors covered up So watch her blossom in the dust