What Would You Do Songtext
von Edie Brickell

Barely old enough to legally drive
She took off in her stepmother′s van
A restlessness that blew her over the line
Like the wind inside an aluminum can
At a payphone in a donut shop
She called her friend back home
"We're all worried and they′ve called the cops
Are you crazy? Where have you gone?"

She said, "What would you do if you were me?
When it's suicide to stay and murder to leave"


She ran out of gas down in New Mexico
And got a job at a local café
Friday nights they featured live rock and roll
She fell in love with a boy who played
He had soulful eyes and Indian blood
No intention of hanging around
All it took was his harmonica and her heart
When he left town

He said, "What would you do if you were me?
When it's suicide to stay and murder to leave"

She never married, but she did have a child
A sweet young girl by the name of Sue
She had spirit and a heartbreaking smile
And some beat-up moccasin boots
And they had nothing but each other′s love
And an apartment by the tracks
And when came the day that Sue grew up
She said, "Someday I′ll be back"

Oh now, what would you do if you were me?
When it's suicide to stay and murder to leave