(walt meskelltim martin)

[spoken]
I found her settin' on a sioux city park benchon a late november afternoon. meI was just driftin' through. she said she was fourteenand runnin' away from home. and noshe wouldn't mind so
Mpany. so I sat down and smoked my last cigarette; she pulled out a candy bar. and we started talkin' about the hows and the whysand we watched the first snow start to fall.

I said"heylittle girl. I know the rest of the world looks a lot better to you now. but you knowyou gotta hold onto your home. 'cause home is what's gonna keep you warm. so if you gott
Someplacerun on outta this here parkand back home. nowI don't have no money to help get you therebut here: take my coat. I can't let you go cold."

[sung]
I wish there was more that I could give you
Though I know it's your own life to live
But you're so alone
And far away from home
I wish there was more that I could give

[spoken]
Standin' out at the edge a' townleanin' on the route 20 signsnow blowin' all aroundI thought about my homeand how far away it was. and then as night come on and the wind picked upI sta
Thinkin' about the coldand the blizzard I might be spendin' the night with. and I realized I didn't have a coat anymore. I was alone. and somewhereso was that little girl.

Wellalong about midnight I was ready to say my prayers'cause the road was gone and I wasn't far behind. and then I saw some lightswhirlin' and flashin'and a patrolman helped me into a wa
R. and there inside was my little runaway friend; and she wrapped my coat around me. wellall I could say was "thank you bothfor savin' my life." but the patrolman looked me in the
Nd said"thank youfor sendin' my little girl back home to me."

[sung]
I wish there was more that I could give you
Though I know it's your own life to live
But you're so alone
And far away from home
I wish there was more that I could give