Lindisfarne - Karen Marie lyrics

Hull-Craggs Karen Marie, Karen Marie Fighting like a pole-cat to keep her family She cries in the night, daddy's got a gun Take your little girl and run, run, run. Well Karen Marie she said: 'Pray for me' 'I'm living my life on a stormy sea' 'I got nowhere to run, nowhere to hide' 'He's under my skin and I'm terrified'. 'Baby's going five, she's a beautiful child' 'But her daddy's so mean, it's driving me wild' 'No judge and jury's going to sentence me' 'Gonna fight like a pole-cat to keep my family'. Karen Marie, Karen Marie Fighting like a pole-cat to keep her family She cries in the night, daddy's got a gun Take your little girl and run, run, run. Oh, take your little girl and run, run, run. 'Well I been to see a man about my case' 'Five Hundred dollars just to look in his face' 'And I'm telling you boys as we ride this train' 'Five Hundred dollars didn't ease the pain'. 'Cause he said to me I might loose this case' 'I mean, how could he say that with a smile on his face?' 'Ain't he got children, can't he see?' 'You got to fight like a pole-cat to keep your family'. Karen Marie, Karen Marie Fighting like a pole-cat to keep her family She cries in the night, daddy's got a gun Take your little girl and run, run, run. Oh, take your little girl and run, run, run. 'Well I come from New York, we say: 'Yo! Shine on' 'A hundred years of living and I'm going to hold on' 'Got a good man now and he's right here by my side' 'Gonna push this case, gonna turn the tide'. 'The train pulled in, it was late at night 'Two close-knit figures in the station light' 'One was a little baby, one was a man' 'She turned to me and said: 'Yo! Shine on' 'I turned by the hell sh**, baby we will' 'One of these days your gonna be free'. Karen Marie, Karen Marie Fighting like a pole-cat to keep her family She cries in the night, daddy's got a gun Take your little girl and run, run, run. Karen Marie, Karen Marie Fighting like a pole-cat to keep her family She cries in the night, daddy's got a gun Take your little girl and run, run, run. Oh, take your little girl and run, run, run. Oh, take your little girl and run, run, run Oh, take your little girl and run, run, run Yeah, take your little girl and run, run, run.