Home is where things are right, right? The difficulty is that when you go away from home and are running free in the city, you can go astray. This is what Dolly Parton sings us, in Mama Say A Prayer:
The bright lights of the city are a pretty sight to seeWho could fail to sympathize? 'Lonely makes it easy' is, I contend, the strategic trope.
Perhaps they're extra pretty to a country girl like me
Temptation waits at every turn and it won't let me be
So mama when you pray tonight
Say a special prayer for meChorus
I miss your tender good-night kiss of love and understanding
The good-night kisses I get now are cruel and so demanding
So mama when you pray tonight
And while you're on your knees
Mama say a special prayer for meThe nights get cold and lonely
When you're faraway from home
And lonely makes it easy for a good girl to go wrong
Evil eyes search through the night for lonely girls like me
So mama when you pray tonight
Say a special prayer for meRepeat chorus
[The Momma 'n' Daddy Archive, containing all the details of the series, is here.]