They had their children in the early eighties
First one was a girl that they named Katie
With the cutest smile and bluest eyes known to man
Two years passed before she got her brother Sam
Sweet Savannah was number three she was later named Emily
By a couple who came and saved her from the storm
Though she wasn't planned at least they let her be born

Call it a great travesty or a southern greek tragedy it's alright
How could they know better to them it was a normal life

Katie went away when she was nine
Left her brother and mother and new daddy behind
She had to decide whether her Sam would go
To live with their real dad he wanted to watch one grow
Year after year and home after home
Sam was growing fast and growing alone
He was the friend everyone had that moved away
It gets so hard to try and fit in every day

Call it a great travesty or a southern greek tragedy it's alright
How could they know better to them it was a normal life

So from both the Carolinas down to Southern Georgia
Sammy's family nearly touched the coast of Florida
They traded the sea for Virginia's hillside
But your problems always find you no matter where you hide
Now late in the evening around sundown
I remember those children riding around
On a Radio Flyer they never did wear out
It's still waiting for them back at a big yellow house

Call it a great travesty or a southern greek tragedy it's alright
How could they know better to them it was a normal life

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Writer(s): Sam Lewis