The Lady's Not for Sale

The Lady's Not For Sale - Kris Kristofferson

She longed to be a lady

When she was just a child

Where the grass was greener Lord

She done her growin' wild

And she tried to spread her tender wings

And never left the ground;

So she turned to dreams at sweet sixteen

And woke up comin' down

But she tries in her way climbin' higher

And she dies each time she fails

So give her a home or leave her alone

The lady's not for sale

She ain't ashamed to show her soul

She'll sell it for a song

But free don't mean she's easy

Or ripe for goin' wrong

So let her be the lady Lord

She wants so bad to be

Let her win the gentle man

That she was born to please

Cause she tries climbin' higher

And she dies each time she fails

So give her a home or leave her alone

The lady's not for sale