Birmingham Belle

Deep within the "Heart of Dixie"

Vulcan stares down upon a small college

Where top MD's are made

And within a small private room

Overlooking the old stomping grounds

Of this here Party Kid

A young woman whimpers as she becomes

A little girl reduced to helplessness

And loneliness that no one else can adhere

Deep within the "Heart of Dixie"

A New York specialist is confused

Upon his findings two elements don't add up

Exhausted he recedes into deep thought

"Why and how is this young woman here?"

"These two results don't add up."

And his contemplation is overrun by slumber

A mature woman intrudes

The days have been hard on her

She can't sleep or eat

All she can do is watch as her baby writhes in pain

Feeling helpless she asks

"Is there an answer?"

"Can she now be treated?"

"I don't know"

"Tis enigma has baffled me."

replies the doctor

And as those words escape his lips

Her heart stops and drops

Three stories to the ground floor

Deep in the "Heart of Dixie"

The mature woman sobs quietly in the bathroom

And as she splashes water on her face 

Wiping the "water-proof mascara" running down the rivers of tears

Her thoughts wonder to her other two

The "little one" only seven 

And now has to understand what not even her Grandparents 

Watching her cannot

An hour away unable to be comforted by her embrace

And her "Boy in Blue" the drifter

Ten hours away being kept in the dark

Only able to call every three days

The drifter's thoughts are of his loved one

Lying in a bed awaiting the next procedure

Deep in the "Heart of Dixie"

The drifter wishes to be there

Hoping not to be too late

Praying for the best

Not knowing the whole story

This time his mind's not on home

This time his heart is with her

Deep in the "Heart of Dixie"