Lucy was 7 and wore a head of barrettes City born, into this with no knowledge and no regrets Had a piece of yellow chalk with which draw upon the street The faces of the various locals that she would meet
was Joshua, age 10, bully of the block Who always her milk money at the morning bus stop was Mrs. Crabtree and her poodle 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, stands, cities, towns Always hello to passersby, they'd ask her why she passed her time Attachin' lines to concrete, but she only smile
Now all the other living in or near her building Ran around like tyrants, soaking up the open hydrants They say, "Hey little Lucy, wanna come jump double dutch?" Lucy pause, look, grin and say, "I'm busy, thank you much"
Well, well, one passed and believe it or not She covered every last inch of the sidewalk and she stopped "Lucy, all this, you're just giving in today?" She said, "I'm not giving in, I'm finished", and away
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was 37, and introverted somewhat Basement apartment in the same she grew up in She traded in her blue barrettes for long locks up with a clip Traded in her yellow chalk for charcoal
And she drew, little who would come to sweep the porch And she drew, the mailman, delivered at 4 Lucy had very little contact the folks outside her cubicle day But she it suitable, and she liked it that way
She had a man now, Rico, similar, They would only see each once or twice a week on purpose They appreciated space and was an artist too So they'd connect on Saturdays to the pictures that they drew
Now every month or so, get a knock upon the front door Just one of the Actin' nice, although she was a strange girl, sad "Hey, Lucy, join me for some lunch?" Lucy would smile and say, "I'm busy, you much"
And would make a weird face the second the door shut And run and tell their friends how truly crazy was And Lucy knew what thought but didn't care 'Cuz while spread their rumors through the street She'd paint masterpiece
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Lucy was 87, upon her bed At the senior home, where she had previously in Traded in the locks and clips for a rest Traded in the charcoal sticks for arthritis, it had to
And she drew no more, sat and watched the dawn Had a television in the room she'd never turned on Lucy up a life worth's of pictures on the wall And sat and smiled, looked each one over, to laugh at it all
Now Rico, he had passed, 5 years back So the hours pulled in a big flock o' nothin' She'd spoken once throughout the spanning of her life Until the day she leaned forward, and pulled the nurse aside And she
"Look, I've never had a dream in my Because a dream is you wanna do, but still haven't pursued I knew what I wanted and did it 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 Lucy blew a kiss to each one of her pictures and she
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