TOO FAST FOR RAPID CITY
(Layng Martine Jr.)


Sheila Andrews - 1978



Well, the summer I was sixteen, my Daddy caught me
In a compromisin' spot with a boy I knew
And it wasn't long after that, he caught me way out back
With another young man and a jug of mountain booze

And he spread the word around that I was a wild child
I could hear them whisper everywhere I'd go
Well the rumours they persisted and I kept right on resistin'
Till one night Daddy knocked me to the floor

He said, "You're livin' just a little bit too fast for Rapid City
Better slow down, girl, think about who you are
You're livin' just a little too fast for Rapid City
And you're gonna wake up someday, see the future has gone away
And the woman that you could have been ain't comin' back again"

Well, the years slipped by before I hardly knew
Pretty soon I dug a hole so deep, the boy that I'd been lovin' 
Left me with a kid and one in the oven
Plus twenty-three bucks and a shack on a dead end street

One afternoon I was swingin' on a tire in the backyard
With some dreams and some moonshine in my head
And my little girl thinks she's grown, she came home last night at dawn
She laughed right in my face when I said

You're livin' just a little bit too fast for Rapid City
You better slow down, girl, think about who you are
You're livin' just a little too fast for Rapid City
And you're gonna wake up someday, see the future has gone away
And the woman that you could have been ain't comin' back again

Livin' just a little bit too fast for Rapid City
You better slow down, girl, think about who you are
You're livin' just a little too fast for Rapid City
And you're gonna wake up someday ...... FADE



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2017)