Mama wanted a movie star

Daddy wanted a ph.d.

All Sherry wanted was a little affection

Nobody was listening

So she caught a right with a guy in a truck

Down by the interstate

He said I'm headed for the city of angels

I can drop you anywhere along the way



The first time she saw them lights

Lawd she could not say a word

But he left her standin' on the strip

With her suitcase on the curb

And she saw a sign said please apply

Always lookin' for a pretty face

Aw, folks our little farmgirl was a big hit on the

Little stage...and she's



Livin a life

Totally outrageous

Puttin on the dog

And takin' it off in Vegas



I bet you wonder

What's gonna happen to her

Shhhhhh.....(listen)



There's a gideon bible in the cheap desk beside her bed

Sometimes she flips it open

But she avoids the words in red

'Cause Sherry can't believe the king of kings

Would give a dang about the city of sin

Why would he care anything about Sherry

After all she's been



Livin a life

Totally outrageous

Puttin on the dog

And takin' it off in Vegas



Hey y'all

Well last night she could not sleep

She was readin' that book again

Then she came across that story

That woman mary magdalene

Sherry cried right out loud

Lord, she's as rough as me

What will the good lord do

When they throw him a bad seed



Oh, Sherry - Sherry

Love's changed her

Mary was

Livin' a life totally outrageous

Puttin' on the dog

And takin' it off like Vegas



Now someone's puttin' on a cross

And shakin' off Vegas



Sherry's on a greyhound on her way home to El Paso

One black gideon bible and a heart as white as snow