Ray of Light

Papa left ‘em in Albuquerque

That child had nothin’ but her shoes

Her momma said Love must be pain

And living only brings bad news

Well there goes God’s own ray of light

Laid low by a sucker punch from behind

She’s hurtin’ bad and swingin’ wild

Please be gentle please be kind

Now she’s grown and yellin’ at the highway

Her heart’s gone skinny from the streets

All her plans keeps slipping sideways

Like the strangers that she meets

Well there goes God’s own ray of light

Laid low by a sucker punch from behind

She’s hurtin’ bad and swingin’ wild

Please be gentle please be kind

An old man in a New Mexico prison

Trying to get his heart right

He’ll be dead in the morning

For how he bent that ray of light

Well there goes God’s own ray of light

Laid low by a sucker punch from behind

See he was hurting bad and swinging wild

Please be gentle please be kind

Please be gentle please be kind

Please be gentle please be kind