Verse
What can you do for a girl like April?
Pick her up each time she calls
hold her cause she’s still your baby
after all.
Just don’t ask too many question
push the details from your mind
offer all the hope and comfort
that you can find.
Chorus
And damn that telephone
every time it rings
she goes back to the life
forsaking everything
She’s treasured and she’s loved,
but it’s just not enough.
Verse
What can you do for a girl like April?
Not enough, you know its true
just carry on as best you’re able,
thats what you do.
Alternate tough love and honey
prop her up to watch her fall
and catch her cause she’s still your baby,
After all
Chorus
And damn that telephone
every time it rings
she goes back to the life
forsaking everything
She’s treasured and she’s loved,
but it’s just not enough.
Verse
What can you do for a girl like Apil?
Dress her in her Sunday clothes
And lay her on that velvet table,
Before she goes.
Hear the words that have no meaning.
Hear the words that can’t be true.
Then say goodbye to your sweet baby,
that’s what you do.
Chorus
Damn that telephone
every time it rings
it always takes you back
you imagine answering
hearing daddy take me home
I’m scared and I’m alone.
Verse
What can you do for a girl like April?
But cherish every memory
and see her in each tragic story
that you read.
Try to find more light than darkness
and find you still wait for her call.
For she will always be your baby,
After all.
Chorus
Damn that telephone
every time it rings
the voices who don’t know
the anger that it brings
she was treasured she was loved,
but it was not enough
What can you do for a girl like April?
What can you do? What can you do?
What can you do? What can you do?
Words and Music by Rob Lytle, Copyright 1994-2014, All rights reserved.