Written by - Jim Croce She was just a country girl Didn't have those New York City ways When she hopped a bus in Ohio Headin' for the crowded streets where no one says a word
She was just a country girl living in the lonely city Met a man who learned her name She became a woman on a rainy New York night
Chorus: There's a new day dawnin' in the city She calls her Mama collect Sayin' Mama send bus fare back to Ohio Have somebody meet me at the depot
She was just a country girl Spent some time in New York City Now she tells her friends about lonely New York City And her lonely New York night
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She was just a country girl She was just a country girl