"Bonnie Jean (Little Sister)" is the debut single written and recorded by American country music artist

David Lynn Jones David Lynn Jones (born January 15, 1950) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1987 and 1994, Jones released four studio albums. He also charted four singles on ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Country Songs, Hot Country ...

. It was released in August 1987 as the first single from the album '' Hard Times on Easy Street''. The song reached number 10 on the ''

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chart.

Content

The song is about a female truck driver, a single mother with three children to raise. (Early in the song, she was married, but he abandoned her.) The lyrics refer to struggles on the road balancing her job and being a mother, her friends made in other towns and moving ahead from hard-luck circumstances. The song's title refers to Jones's sister.

Critical reception

An uncredited review of the song in the ''

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'' said that the song was "a raunchy Country hard-luck story. But the feel is up, positive and rockin'."

Charts

References

{{authority control 1987 songs 1987 debut singles David Lynn Jones songs Mercury Records singles Songs about truck driving Songs with feminist themes Songs about siblings