Holly Near - Started Out Fine video free download

(Lyrics and music by Holly Near © 1973)

From the album "A Live Album" © 1974

Holly Near (born June 6, 1949 in Ukiah, California) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, teacher, and activist for social change.

Lyrics

Started out fine, we were moving ahead

I was driving the truck

You were combing the hair on the head of the one in the middle

She was loving it all, bouncing 'round like a rubber ball

And you thought she was just about the finest kid

I had to agree

But maybe that's 'cause she looks like me

And you were filling a space -- maybe taking the place of a father

But when you started seeing that it might be a scene

You got to complaining, you got pretty mean

First it was the weather and then it was me

And then you started taking it out on the baby

Well if you think traveling three is a drag

Well pack up loner

I've got my own bag full of dreams for this little child of wonder

And you can only stay if you start to understand

How an old camp fire gets warmer with you

But even when you're gone

It still cooks the stew and the coffee that frees my soul

And I ain't ready to grow that old

You say "Go home lady, and find you a someone"

Who's gonna turn into be a middle class bum anyway

Well he might make me some money

But that ain't the kind of life we're looking for honey

So don't go around saying I've been a burden to you

You've been a burden to me and we're through

If you can't seem to find the joy in my living

Can't seem to get into taking and giving

'Cause I've got a little one who loves me as much as you need me

And darling that's loving enough

For a hiking boot mother who's seeing the world

For the first time with her own little girl