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The Girl With Coloured Pencils In Her Hair

from The Desert, The Dew & The Dawn by Paul Cherryseed

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“I can’t forget this girl, although I only met her in my dream. Who knows that someday I will meet her in real life. Until then, there’s this fairytale. During a live concert some people in the room were surprised by Arefs special percussion on this song, so here he is again on Tombak.”

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(Music and lyrics by Paul Cherryseed)

There once was a girl with coloured pencils in her hair
She drew her life in pictures without despair
'cause she knew that someone would surely care
About her work

Her life was red and pink and gold and kelly green
And she coloured pretty mirrors in the world unseen
‘cause the cold and wicked streets, they were dark and mean
About her dream

CHORUS
Oh, no fairytale
With angel faces
White and pale
O, there's no excuse
For this girl's blue blues

I once knew a girl with pencils in her hand
She showed them to the people, hoped they’d understand
But no one on the sidewalk there would spent a cent
For a change

Her life was dark blue, brown, black and shades of grey
But then a friendly couple showed her a new way
The cold seemed gone, the winter hymnals warmed the day
Was this her dream?

CHORUS
O, a fairytale?
With angel faces
White or pale
O, there was no excuse
For this girl's blue blues

There once was a girl with coloured pencils in her hair
She ate her food and drank her milk without despair
'cause someone out there in the world did surely care
about her life

BRIDGE
Oh, and she only wanted white bread
All the colours finally matched
As the pure light chased the cold black dread
And the cherry jam tasted juicy red
She draws a line of hope instead

CHORUS
O, a fairytale
With angel smiles
White, unveiled
Now there are rainbow hues
For this girl's blue blues

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from The Desert, The Dew & The Dawn, released May 29, 2013
Paul Cherryseed: classical guitar and vocals
Colin Lee Vermeulen: Djembé, tabla and bass drum
Aref Saberi: Tombak
Rob Vermeulen: fretless bass and acoustic twelve-string
OverHoop Singers: vocal group

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