Middle Man

Well, I hope Mama never hears this song

And I'd hate to make Daddy feel guilty

I don't know why they called it a "broken home"

It was split in two, but, damn, it built me

We put some miles on back and forth

I was backseat in the middle man

Between my sister and a suitcase

Texaco every other Sunday

Meet 'em halfway with a check in my back pocket

Bunch of "Mama said, Daddy said"

"Be sure and tell 'em I said hello"

Pulling off and waving from the window

I was too young to understand

I was a little girl and the middle man

Well, I got a taste of rock 'n' roll

It's where I learned to talk to Jesus

And I made best friends with the road

It's where I got real good

I got real good at leaving

In a backseat in the middle man

Between my sister and a suitcase

Texaco every other Sunday

Meet 'em halfway with a check in my back pocket

Bunch of "Mama said, Daddy said"

"Be sure and tell 'em I said hello"

Pulling off and waving from the window

I was too young to understand

I was a little girl and the middle man

Yeah, I was a middle man

Backseat in the middle man

Between my sister and a suitcase

Texaco every other Sunday

Meet 'em halfway with a check in my back pocket

Bunch of "Mama said, Daddy said"

"Be sure and tell 'em I said hello"

Pulling off and waving from the window

And now I understand

That broken hearts are just part of the plan

Yeah, I was a little girl and the middle man

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