Sally's Pigeons Lyrics - Twelve Deadly Cyns... And Then Some - Cyndi Lauper

When I was eight I had a friend 

With a pirate smile 

Make believe and play pretend 

We were innocent and wild 

Hopped a fence and slammed the gate 

Runnin' down my alleyway 

In time to watch Sally's pigeons fly 

We loved to watch them dive and soar 

Circle in the sky 

Free as a bird from three to four 

And never knowin' why 

Neighbors pulled their wash back in 

Put away my Barbie and Ken 

Look out overhead while Sally's pigeons fly 

I had a fool's confidence 

That the world had no boundaries 

But instinct and common sense that 

Come in different quantities 

My heart began to skip to the beat 

Of the boy next door 

She had her eye across the street 

On someone shy and tall 

We lived our dreams and challenged fate 

In tears she told me she was late 

And Sally let his pigeons out to fly 

On the dresser sits a frame 

With a photograph 

Two little girls in ponytails 

Some twenty one years back 

She left one night with just a nod 

Was lost from some back alley job 

I close my eyes and Sally's pigeons fly 

She never saw those birds again 

And me, I can't remember when 

Pirate smile hasn't made me cry 

I close my eyes and Sally's pigeons fly