Lucy was 7 and wore a head of barrettes City born, into this world with no knowledge and no Had a of yellow chalk with which she'd draw upon the street The many faces of the various that she would meet
was Joshua, age 10, bully of the block Who always took her milk at the morning bus stop There was Mrs. Crabtree and her She always gave a wave and on her weekly trip Down to the bingo
And she drew, men, women, kids, sunsets, And she drew, skyscrapers, fruit stands, cities, said hello to passersby, they'd ask her why she passed her time Attachin' lines to concrete, but she would smile
Now all the other children living in or near her Ran around tyrants, soaking up the open fire hydrants They would say, "Hey little Lucy, wanna jump double dutch?" Lucy would pause, look, grin and say, "I'm busy, you much"
Well, well, one year passed and it or not She covered every last inch of the sidewalk and she stopped "Lucy, after all this, you're just in today?" She said, "I'm not giving in, I'm finished", and walked
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was 37, and introverted somewhat Basement in the same building she grew up in She traded in her blue barrettes for locks held up with a clip Traded in her yellow for charcoal sticks
And she drew, little Bobby who would come to the porch And she drew, the mailman, delivered at 4 Lucy had very little contact with the folks her cubicle day But she found it suitable, and she it that way
She had a man now, Rico, similar, They would see each other once or twice a week on purpose They appreciated and Rico was an artist too So they'd connect on Saturdays to share the pictures they drew
Now every month or so, she'd get a knock upon the front one of the neighbors Actin' nice, although she was a strange girl, sad "Hey, Lucy, join me for some lunch?" Lucy would and say, "I'm busy, thank you much"
And they would make a weird face the second the door And run and their friends how truly crazy Lucy was And Lucy knew what thought but didn't care while they spread their rumors through the street She'd another masterpiece
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was 87, upon her death bed At the senior home, she had previously checked in in the locks and clips for a head rest Traded in the charcoal for arthritis, it had to happen
And she drew no more, sat and watched the dawn Had a in the room that she'd never turned on Lucy pinned up a life worth's of on the wall And sat and smiled, each one over, just to laugh at it all
Now Rico, he had passed, 'bout 5 back So the visiting hours pulled in a big flock o' She'd never spoken throughout the spanning of her life Until the day she forward, grinned and pulled the nurse aside And she
"Look, I've never had a in my life Because a dream is what you wanna do, but still pursued I knew what I and did it till it was done So I've the dream that I wanted to be since day one!"
Well, the jumped back She'd never heard Lucy even talk, words like that She walked over to the door, and pulled it closed Then blew a kiss to each one of her pictures and she died
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1 2 3, that's the of the seed A B C, that's the of the need You can dream a little dream or you can live a dream I'd rather live it, dreamers always chase but never get it
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