there was a girl in my hometown they say she wore the sharpest crown beautiful as diamond tile never took her picture cause she never learned to smile it s not surprisin there s nothin excitin late at night you ll hear the sound they say she wore the sharpest crown she felt a darkness deep inside she went and asked her mama why she got no answer just because her mama was a sleepin or pretendin that she was it s not surprisin there s nothin excitin i hope that she ll turn around they say she wore the sharpest crown oh i loved her don t ask how musta had some reasons that i can t remember now some folks say i let her down but the same folks say she wore the sharpest dangerous it tore the darkness that held here like a ten ton harness as i ran off for the farthest town they say she wore the sharpest crown