Girl

From in the shadow she calls And in the shadow she finds a way, finds a way And in the shadow she crawls Clutching her faded photograph My image under her thumb Yes with a message from my heart

She’s been every body else’s Girl Maybe one day she’ll be her own Every body else’s Girl Maybe one day she’ll be her own

And in the doorway they stay And laugh as violins fill with water Screams from the Bluebells can’t make them go away Well I’m not seventeen but I’ve cuts on my knees Falling down as the winter takes one more cherry tree

She’s been every body else’s Girl Maybe one day she’ll be her own Every body else’s Girl Maybe one day she’ll be her own

Rushing rivers thread so thin Limitation dreams with the flying pigs Turbid blue and the drugstores too safe in their coats Anda in their do’ yeah Smother in our hearts A pillow to my dots

One day, maybe one day she’ll be her own

And in the mist there she rides Castles are burning in my heart And as I twist I hold tight And I ride to work every morning wondering why “Sit in the chair and be good now” And become that they’ve told you The white coats enter her room And I’m calling my baby Calling my baby Calling my baby Calling…

Every body else’s Girl Maybe one day she’ll be her own Every body else’s Girl Maybe one day she’ll be her own Every body else’s Girl Maybe one day she’ll be her own