Strawberry Blonde Lyrics - Singles - Whitehorse

She was not the girl next door 

But the girl from around the corner 

At the tail end of grade four 

When she came to school one morning 

All eyes were upon her as she took her seat 

Her name was Amanda, pretty eyes of green 

Hair of blonde, strawberry blonde 

Springtime and dandelions 

And summer 'round the corner 

At the tail end of age nine 

With a million dreams before her 

She lived with her mother, old decrepit house 

If there was trouble at home, she kept it to herself 

All summer long, strawberry blonde 

And by her face there was no way to tell 

Seemed that all was well in her world 

But the neighbors said 

Her mother had lost her will 

To gin and sleeping pills 

It was no life for a little girl 

Still I see her face framed in a blue sky 

At the top of a slide coming down 

And when the sirens wailed 

Her mother had failed to rise 

All the neighbors stood outside 

As Amanda just stared at the ground 

Time flies, and years are piled 

I'd forgotten all about her 

When I saw her down the aisle 

Of a streetcar with her daughter 

Then I heard Amanda say as she got up 

C'mon Samantha, girl, this is our stop 

And they were gone, two strawberry blondes