Surprise Arizona | Song A Day #5486
Channel: Jonathan Mann
Date: 09/01/2024

It's about an old girlfriend

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If there was one thing she was sure about
She was gonna go and find herself
Til the engine made a rattling sound
Surprise, Surprise
Arizona

The fading gold of a desert sunset
She allowed herself a solitary cigarette
The neon blinked in the motel room
Surprise, Surprise
Arizona 

Her father was a weak man
Her mother overbearing 
Nothing left back for her there
Her eyes were on a lizard
Running on top of the sand
Her heart was stuck Upper St. Claire

It would a month to fix the car
From the motel window she could see the dive bar
She had enough money for just 4 nights
Surprise, surprise
Arizona 

Little Red Corvette on the jukebox played
She was in her element, the life of the party
No delicate creature, to wither and die
Surprise, surprise
Arizona 

Underestimated
Pitied and condescended 
Nothing left for her back there
Whiskey all  on her breath 
In the neon light she’s naked
Thinking about Upper St. Clair 

She called her dad, the money is gone
He was sympathetic, but deferred to her mom
Who sent one bus ticket straight back east
Surprise, surprise
Arizona

5 hour walk to interstate 10
She got there just as the sun was settin’
His car smelled like cigarettes and baby oil
Surprise, surprise
Arizona


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