This is a song about a girl from the bayou down in
Louisiana country The story simply says She left
home at sixteen said she was gonna be a movie
queen Said her hometown was just too small and she
had roaches and rats wall to wall So without a bag
of beans she made a change of scenes Hitched a
ride up to New Orleans With just the clothes on
her back and a little brown sack Said hello to the
city where she would learn to act Gonna be a movie
queen gonna be on the big wide screen Fancy
clothes and diamond rings have all the better
things

She took a part time job at the Burger King Went
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Then she started hangin' out with the evening
crowd Gettin' high acclaim before she knew it she
was all strung out She still had that dream of
bein' a movie queen So she decided she'd have to
leave New Orleans Hollywood bound but with her
feet on the ground When she got to the city she
took a look around Said gonna be a movie queen...

Oh but things didn't work out that way they found
her dead in her room today But in my mind I can
hear her say I can still hear her say Gonna be a
movie queen...