Cannonball

She was a rocket out of Bakersfield. She was gone at seventeen. All the locals called her Cannonball. Fastest thing they'd ever seen. She found a fishing boat named Anna Lee. Riding low and needing hands. She could not resist the poetry. Crescent City's got its plans for you. And she flies like a cannonball. She sails high above it all. She'll run to where the music takes her. Higher than she knows she's ever been before. She'll flash like a meteor that burns so brief And bright. Like a cannonball tonight. She spends her weekends down on Frenchman Street. Spending her wages on the bands. Takes just a moment for them to fall in Love. Takes a lifetime to understand. Why she flies like a cannonball. She sails high above it all. She'll run to where the music takes her. Higher than she knows she's ever been before. She'll flash like a meteor that burns so brief And bright. Like a cannonball tonight. They say good girls should be quiet. She don't even care. She breaks every rule in the game. And all the bad boys want to make sure She got home all right. But they burn up in her flame. Cannonball's her name. Then she flies like a cannonball. She sails high above it all. She'll run to where the music takes her. Higher than she knows she's ever been before. She'll flash like a meteor that burns so brief And bright. Like a cannonball tonight. They say good girls should know their place but She's already there. She breaks every rule in the game. And all the bad boys try to make sure She got home all right. But they burn up in her flame. Cannonball's her name.