The Green Pajamas

Christine Crystalline


You could call her a diamond
Not because she’s precious because she’s hard
And she shines like an over-polished apple in an empty schoolyard

She’s one of the unnoticed ones
Overshadowed and outshined
She will never make the news
With cruel words or kind

Christine, Crystalline
Have you seen her, invisible girl?
Christine, Crystalline
Poor Christine

You could call her a buried treasure
Not because she sparkles because she hides
And she gives you a double padlock smile when you try to get inside

She doesn’t believe in pretending
She doesn’t say her prayers
She used to bother but that’s all over now

Christine, Crystalline
Have you seen her, invisible girl?
Christine, Crystalline
Poor Christine

She keeps herself gainfully occupied
Overbooked and undermined
So we don’t have to be sorry
We only need to be blind

Christine, Crystalline
Have you seen her, invisible girl?
Christine, Crystalline
Poor Christine

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Written by Laura Weller
Copyright 2002