Apples Don't Fall Far from the Tree

When I was five

I put on mama's high heel shoes and paint my face

And dance across the living room

In Ruby's place

Well the music was always playing

Girls would laugh while the men were sayin'

Apples don't fall far from the tree

Hey, honey come sit on my knee

Apples don't fall far from the tree

And I remember mama's tears

When they said in a few years I'd be something to see

At seventeen I had me a diamond and a string of pearls

The men said they preffered me to the other girls

They took me to the best places but I could read it on their faces

Apples don't fall far from the tree

Hey, honey come sit on my knee

Apples don't fall far from the tree

And I remember mama's tears

When they said in a few years I'd be something to see

Then when mama died I made up my mind

To get on a Greyhound, get out of this town

And leave it all behind

But life goes on

A child of three smiles up at me while she plays

The man I love has never heard of "Ruby's Place"

When he holds her with affection and he uses that old expression

Apples don't fall far from the tree

Hey, honey come sit on my knee

Apples don't fall far from the tree

And I remember mama's tears