Karaoké Dear Miss Loretta Carly Pearce & Patty Loveless

Dear Miss Loretta

I ain't ever met ya

But I'm lonely tonight and I just betcha

You might have some wisdom to pull off that shelf

Your songs were all fun 'till I lived them myself

I ain't a coal miner's daughter

I ain't a coal miner's daughter but my grandmother was

Grandmother was

Whiskey in the water

Must be whiskey in the water

Must be bourbon in the blood

Must be bourbon in the blood

I'm a long way from Kentucky but the hurtin's the same

Hurtin's the same

Know why

Now I know why you sang that way you sang that way

Oh

What ended up tough

I started out broken

What ended up lost

I started out hopin'

A lifetime of pain was three minutes long

And you weren't ashamed when the world sang along

I ain't a coal miner's daughter

I ain't a coal miner's daughter but my grandmother was

Grandmother was

Whiskey in the water

Must be whiskey in the water

Must be bourbon in the blood

Must be bourbon in the blood

I'm a long way from Kentucky but the hurtin's the same

Hurtin's the same

Know why

Now I know why you sang that way you sang that way

Dear Miss Loretta

We both grew up too fast

And I wish you could tell me how you made it last

I ain't a coal miner's daughter but I've sung it all my life

Mmh mmh mmh

I ain't been a widow but I've been an ex-wife

And I hear your truth

And I hear your truth

And I feel your pain

Feel your pain

Now I know why

Know why you sang that way you sang that way

Yeah I know why you sang that way