I know ‘em well and all my life I was told About the ones with the tormented souls Don't go lookin boy try to hide A little baby talk justa messes with your mind Cherokee star tattooed across her hand Daddy left ‘em down in Thach Alabam Robbed of her innocence at 13 years old Love comes in chemicals and colors when you're cold Whoa ooo little damsel Wild woman-child with the cherries on her dress Whoa ooo little damsel Pretty little damsel in distress Damsel in distress I've memorized the night of our first tumble By the tracks down where our engines purred and they rumbled
Muscadine wine and river bed sand Far from the fear that held my Kahli Ayn Whoa ooo little damsel Wild woman-child with the cherries on her dress Whoa ooo little damsel Pretty little damsel in distress Damsel in distress How many boys been left by the wayside Just to swim in her sweet southern riptide You'd go back for a ghost of a chance Down to the river you'd dance your last dance Whoa ooo little damsel Wild woman-child with cherries on her dress Whoa ooo little damsel Pretty little damsel in distress Damsel in distress