Testi di Good As She Could Be - John Hiatt

Good As She Could Be (originale)

Well she was a millionaire before she was fourteen
But there was an emptiness there
That to practically everyone else could be seen
She hit up on the drug of love though there was no hole in her arm
But there was a hole some place else
About as big as daddy’s ten thousand acre farm
Oh, she was dying for it for all the world to see
Ah, she was as good as she could be
Well she had a baby at eighteen, never finished high school
Her husband beat her for money and sex
Till that Cadillac finally ran out of fuel
One disaster led to another, down to her and her baby son
Born with a silver spoon in her mouth
Headed south now cause she was never born to run
Oh, she was dying for it for all the world to see
Ah, she was as good as she could be
Yeah, she was crying for it, some credibility
Ah, she was as good as she could be
Well her momma died last year
And her daddy, he called her back home
But when he opened the door he could not recognize
This specter of hair and bone, but it was his own baby child
Though she looked like an old woman now
Well she lived ten lifetimes in five years
Anywhere that the law would allow
Oh, she was dying for it for all the world to see
Ah, she was as good as she could be
Yeah, she was crying for it, some credibility
Ah, she was as good as she could be
Yeah, she was good as she could be
Ah, she was good as she could be

(traduzione)

Bene, era una miliardaria prima dei quattordici anni
Ma c'era un vuoto lì
Che a praticamente tutti gli altri potrebbero essere visti
Ha colpito la droga dell'amore anche se non c'era nessun buco nel braccio
Ma c'era un buco da qualche altra parte
Grande quanto la fattoria di diecimila acri di papà
Oh, stava morendo per farlo vedere a tutto il mondo
Ah, era brava come poteva essere
Beh, ha avuto un bambino a diciotto anni, non ha mai finito il liceo
Suo marito l'ha picchiata per soldi e sesso
Fino a quando la Cadillac non ha finalmente esaurito il carburante
Un disastro ha portato all'altro, fino a lei e al suo bambino
Nata con un cucchiaio d'argento in bocca
Diretto a sud ora perché non è mai nata per correre
Oh, stava morendo per farlo vedere a tutto il mondo
Ah, era brava come poteva essere
Sì, stava piangendo per questo, un po' di credibilità
Ah, era brava come poteva essere
Beh, sua madre è morta l'anno scorso
E suo padre, l'ha chiamata a casa
Ma quando aprì la porta non riuscì a riconoscere
Questo spettro di capelli e ossa, ma era il suo stesso bambino
Anche se ora sembrava una vecchia
Bene, ha vissuto dieci vite in cinque anni
Ovunque consentito dalla legge
Oh, stava morendo per farlo vedere a tutto il mondo
Ah, era brava come poteva essere
Sì, stava piangendo per questo, un po' di credibilità
Ah, era brava come poteva essere
Sì, era brava come poteva essere
Ah, era brava come poteva essere