Thistle

There's a thistle by the roadside

It's purple and rare

Something you look at

But not something you dare

Put your hands on it

Your liable to bleed

Something you look at

Not something you see

She's rough and she's lonesome

Like the north Georgia Pines

Had her a cowboy

But couldn't keep him in line

Thistle by the roadside I can't leave behind

It took a while for her to notice

Damn near 45

What others had taken

You know she paid the price

You tip the chair far enough back

Your liable to fall

I wanted to fix her but that'd be her call

She's rough and she's lonesome

Like the north Georgia Pines

Had her a cowboy

But couldn't keep him in line

She's a thistle by the roadside I just can't leave behind

Her innocence was stolen

Now her horses are free

The dirt is where she's calm now

That's where a thistle breath's

I guess that she had one more ace up her sleeve

She's rough and she's lonesome

Like the north Georgia Pines

Had her a cowboy

But couldn't keep him in line

I begged her to love me but those stars don't align

I Can't get her

Out of my mind, Out of my mind

Out of my mind, Out of my mind

She's a thistle by the roadside I just can't leave behind