New Life

Boarded up a greyhound bus she did / for Californio To find a new life, new life / new life, new life Weren't no visions of saving her soul / just running away from the old dustbowl To a new life, new life / new life, new life New life Fell in love with a Cherokee boy / he was a good man but daddy said no You won't be his wife, his wife / his wife, his wife No new life. All of life was so hard, fingers worked to the bone No room for dreaming, got to find a home. Sharecropping since the day she was born / til a man said come to California baby Get a new life, new life / new life, new life . Left her with their babies, out on the town / his other women and liquor bringing her down Is this my new life, new life? / new life, new life New life. All of life was so hard, fingers worked to the bone No room for dreaming, got to find a home. Boarded up a greyhound bus she did / for Californio To find a new life, new life / new life, new life.