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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ron Sexsmith
Ron Sexsmith
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ron Sexsmith
Ron Sexsmith
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tchad Blake
Tchad Blake
Mixing Engineer
MITCHELL FROOM
MITCHELL FROOM
Producer
Joe Warda
Joe Warda
Engineer
S. Husky
S. Husky
Engineer

Lyrics

She was not the girl next door
But the girl from 'round the corner
Was at the tail end of grade four
When she came to school one morning
And all eyes were upon her
As she took her seat
Her name was Amanda
With pretty eyes of green
Hair of blonde, strawberry blonde
Springtime and dandelions
And summer 'round the corner
Was at the tail end of age nine
With a million dreams before her
She lived with her mother
in an old decrepit house
If there was trouble at home
she kept it to herself
All summer long, the strawberry blonde
And by her face, there was no way to tell
It seemed like 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 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
Written by: Ron Sexsmith

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