Dorothy by Jackie DeShannon Lyrics

Livin' in Kansas, a life alone
She never married, she’s hardly known
She stares out her window far away
Lookin' for another windy day

Dorothy was a fool to leave
She could have stayed
She held it right in her hand
She had it made
She could have had it all for keeps
But was afraid
She could have stayed

Seems like only yesterday
But forty years have up and slipped away
Since a lovely, black-haired girl
Was taken from her one and only world

Dorothy was a fool to leave
She could have stayed
She held it right in her hand
She had it made
She could have had it all for keeps
But was afraid
She could have stayed
Same ol' bluebirds flyin’ high
Over rainbows in the Kansas sky
Why, oh, why
Oh, why?

I guess it only serves her right
For trading all that color for black and white
All her sorrow, all because
There ain't no way to stand Kansas when you, you've been to Oz

Dorothy was a fool to leave
She could have stayed
She held it right in her hand
She had it made
She could have had it all for keeps
But was afraid
She could have stayed
She could have stayed
She could have stayed