Oh the beautiful red-haired   Madonna with child   Sat on the curb wearin' a smile   That doubled up the years   And trebled the miles   And comforts the babe   In the softest of style   She work up in San Francisco   On the day she turned 16   Haight St. was somethin' then   Hey man you should have seen   And she took up with this drummer   In some goodtime Texas scene   And she loved him till the day they   Shipped him back home to Killeen   She said she danced up in North Beach   When the need arose   She抯 tryin' to start a little trade    Of makin' people clothes   To feed the child and pay the rent    And everybody knows    She抯 a little hard for 21   But that's the way she goes   She's livin' on next to nothin'    And memories from the past just a fading flower child   Tryin' to make it last   She抯 got answers to some questions   I would not dare to ask   Survival抯 never graceful   When the changes come that fast