Strawberry Blonde (Album Version)-Ron Sexsmith

[ti:Strawberry Blonde (Album Version)] [ar:Ron Sexsmith] [al:Other Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Strawberry Blonde (Album Version) - Ron Sexsmith [00:09.35]She was not the girl next door [00:12.52]But the girl from 'round the corner [00:15.54] [00:17.22]At the tail end of grade four [00:20.37]When she came to school one morning [00:23.33] [00:25.11]And all eyes were upon [00:26.85]Her as she took her seat [00:31.19] [00:32.96]Her name was Amanda [00:35.93] [00:36.72]With pretty eyes of green [00:38.64] [00:39.38]And hair of blonde strawberry blonde [00:44.99] [00:48.82]Springtime and dandelions [00:52.10]And summer 'round the corner [00:54.57] [00:56.58]At the tail end of age nine [00:59.73]With a million dreams before her [01:02.53] [01:04.40]She lived with her mother [01:07.62]In an old decrepit house [01:10.27] [01:12.43]If there was trouble the house [01:15.26] [01:15.99]She kept it to herself [01:17.94] [01:18.49]All summer long the strawberry blonde [01:24.30] [01:28.29]And by her face there was no way to tell [01:34.72] [01:35.76]It seemed like all was well in her world [01:40.83] [01:43.56]But the neighbors said [01:46.76] [01:47.66]Her mother had lost her will [01:50.62] [01:51.49]To gin and sleeping pills [01:54.44]It was no life for a little girl [01:59.62] [02:18.43]Still I see her face framed in blue sky [02:25.50] [02:26.09]At the top of a slide coming down [02:30.72] [02:33.82]And when the sirens wailed [02:37.09] [02:37.78](Her mother had failed to rise) [02:40.99] [02:41.58]All the neighbors stood outside [02:45.07]As Amanda just stared at the ground [02:49.58] [02:53.41]Time flies and years are piled [02:56.63]I'd forgotten all about her [02:59.45] [03:01.19]When I saw her down the aisle [03:04.31]Of a streetcar with her daughter [03:07.18] [03:08.89]Then I heard Amanda say as she got up [03:14.90] [03:16.78]"C'mon Samantha girl this is our stop" [03:22.24] [03:22.88]And they were gone two strawberry blondes