Ten miles out of Houston
She hasn't got a dime
But she's going to the land of milk and honey
Standing on the highway
She caught a ride on a freight train
She is free
She got no time to think about
The simple life she's thrown away
Stepping off a Greyhound in downtown L.A.
She come a long way down where she used to be
Laughing at the people who begged her to stay
She goes dancing along down the street
Selling her charms to every stranger
Wasting all her sunny days
With city stars in her country eyes
Brighter eyes
Flourscent lights
She had to be in the big time
Lay her life on the bottom line
Follow her dreams to the city
If you're down on Main Street
You'll see her there
Looking hard passing cards out for Jesus
She telling everybody the time is at hand
And that Satan is coming to meet us
Her advary dreams are all left behind
Faded into yesterday
And city stars in her country eyes
Bright lights
Flourscent lights
She had to be in the big time
And lay her life on the bottom line
Said she had to be in the big time
Gonna lay her life right down, down, down
On the bottom line
Talking 'bout the changes the girl went through
Had to be in the big time.
