Jewel Follow

Housewives told to recapture their youth

By wearing floral print and suede

Fixing their hairdos with PC, chemical-free hairspray

Martha Stewart taught 'em to make on TV

I was raised a farmgirl

Now, I'm too far from home, all alone on the road

Trying to figure out who I am now that the stardust has turned to sand

And the sand has turned to stone - I'm the starmaking machine

I'm 31 years old, that ain't the end

But sure ain't where I began

My daddy, he wrote songs and he broke colts

And went back to school to get a degree

Now he teaches music to kids, he taught music to me

And this Alaskan girl has been livin' in Stephenville, Texas that is

And yes, you guessed it; I moved there 'cause I fell in love with a man

I moved his ex-old lady's things out of the closet

The same closet I moved my things back in

No, it did not make me feel that great, as if to demonstrate

Everything's temporary if you give it enough time

I'm 31 years old that ain't the end

Sure ain't where I began

But hey, I'm just a kid; I got nothing to lose

I'm a singer of songs, I'm a player for crowds

Hey Ma, look, I'm an entertainer

I'm a modern day troubadour trying to find justice with six strings

Trying to make the world make sense out of me

Trying to be loved completely, trying to love honestly

Trying to find a decent high noon cup of tea

In another hotel

I'm trying to listen to the leaves speak

Trying to steal cigarettes from fishes in the creek

Trying to figure out who I am

A pretty mediocre cook and even worse mathematician

Maybe a mother one day

What will it be?

I'm trying to figure out who I am

But there's no hand to hold, no Doctor Martin Luther King

Just sycophants and mindlessness on TV

We all read magazines for the latest ways to behave

So hey, why not follow me, the blond bombshell deity?

I'll sell you neat ideas without big words

And a little bit of cleavage to wash it all down

You know everybody thought Godard was a clown

Man, that ain't gonna be me

I'm 31 years old, that ain't the end

Sure ain't where I began

Guess that just makes it Stephenville, Texas