and she has a dress of laces it s worn in many places the shoulder hangs upon her by a thread and she has a need for sharin with someone warm and carin and no one sees a heart that s underfed young girl in love young girl in tears she hasn t seen the man she loves in years and her mother is a waitress at the harbor bar good graces where the seamen come from fishin with their lines and it was one of them that caught her and left her with a daughter who lives with hate and loving him in mind young girl in love young girl in tears she hasn t seen the man she loves in years so the young girl goes to the water she calls out for her father but she ain t seen the old man in some time and yes he was always boastin just a drinkin and a toastin and one day he left his family far behind young girl in love young girl in tears she hasn t seen the man she loves in years so her mother comes home a drinkin with some sailor who s a thinkin out loud that he might stay with them awhile so she loads her mother s pistol and she shoots him as he whistles a song about a sailor s life in style  young girl in love young girl in tears she kills the only man she s loved in years and with him dies her hopes her dreams her fears and she has a dress of laces it s worn in many places and the shoulder hangs upon her by a thread and she has a need for sharin with someone warm and carin but no one sees a heart that s underfed no one sees a heart that s underfed