May be a lyric?

[sugarmountain]

For those who think they have a song in their heart,
allow me to be the first to start, with

Marla was a waitress in New Orleans
served Purple Haze and Hurricanes
to patrons to wash down their nightmares
with liquid dreams

She swerved as she served, did a sexy dance
filled with promises of possible future romance
but the promises were lies
no one had a chance

For Marla was inside her own head you see
Her job the was the one time she could feel free
Of the demons who haunted and wrapped
her in misery

'Cause when the waves came, she wondered why
she was the only one not to die
When the waves came

The bar she worked in was open all night
so she worked from sundown all the way to daylight
'til her bones were so weary and
sleep she couldn't fight

'Cause when the waves came, she wondered why
she was the only one not to die
When the waves came
and she cried
and she cried
and she cried