Story Behind the Song
I thought to myself, "Wouldn't it be funny if some girl from Kansas ran away to Hollywood, only to run into some dude who used the Wicked Witch of the West's line. "I'll get you, my pretty ..." as a pick-up line!
Lyrics
MY PRETTY
I.
She came to California,
on a one-way Greyhound seat,
She said, "Boy, let me warn ya,
us Kansas girls cain't be beat!"
PRECHORUS 1
She hit the road for somewhere
where dreams are always free
well, I may not be a wizard
but I know how to dream ...
CHORUS
I said,"Somewhere over the rainbow,
there's a place I'll take you to,"
I said, "I'll get you, my pretty,
and yer little dawg, too!"
II.
There's an empty place in the closet,
of the house where she used to be,
her suitcase is packed and it's by her side
as she sits here looking at me...
PRECHORUS 2
Yeah, she hit the road for somewhere
down around the bend,
well, I may not be a Tin Man
but my heart is on the mend
CHORUS
I said,"Somewhere over the rainbow,
there's a place I'll take you to,"
I said, "I'll get you, my pretty,
and yer little dawg, too!"
Copyright 2002
Christopher J. Becker
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