She lived in a trailer park with a curtain of hair
Brother was a drag queen and a legionnaire
And the one she called daddy had disappeared
He went to find God and grow a beard
Her skin was tan from the Sunday morning light
She'd been waiting on a boy since '99
And he was 27 and lived on his mama's dime
Wore black jeans and sunglasses all the time
And the two of them had nothing in common
Except they had everything in common
And they would drink beer and eat cheap fries
In the school parking lot every Saturday night
Wild orchid
Is this what you wanted? (wanted)
Wild orchid
Leave it all in the garden (garden)
Wild orchid
He won't save you (save you)
Wild orchid
Keep runnin away (ooh ooh)
This wild little land was her jailor
But she had a studio in her little trailer
They were writin' songs, singin' like kids
He said "I got a song called Wild Orchid"
She said "Do you know what an orchid is?"
He said "It's some kind of flower, isn't it?"
And she said "That's what I thought"
He said "It's about a girl who got caught
Tryin' to find love, but she's not very good
At pickin' the ones she knows she should.
She's waitin' on somethin' but she doesn't know
That's she's wild and free and I love her so."
And she said "That's what I thought,"
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Ah ah ah ah ah
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ah ah ah ah ah
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Wild orchid
Is this what you wanted? (wanted)
Wild orchid
Leave it all in the garden (garden)
Wild orchid
He won't save you (save you)
Wild orchid
Keep runnin away (ooh ooh)
Wild orchid
Keep runnin away
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