Lucy was 7 and a head of blue barrettes City born, this world with no knowledge and no regrets Had a of yellow chalk with which she'd draw upon the street The many of the various locals that she would meet
There was Joshua, age 10, of the block Who took 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 parlor
And she drew, men, women, kids, sunsets, And she drew, skyscrapers, fruit stands, cities, Always said 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 tyrants, soaking up the open fire 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 year 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 walked
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Lucy was 37, and somewhat Basement apartment in the same she grew up in She traded in her blue barrettes for locks held up with a clip in her yellow chalk 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 outside her cubicle day But she found it suitable, and she it that way
She had a man now, Rico, similar, They only see each other once or twice a week on purpose They appreciated space and was an artist too So they'd on Saturdays to share the pictures that they drew
Now every month or so, she'd get a knock upon the front Just one of the Actin' nice, although she was a strange girl, sad "Hey, Lucy, wanna me for some lunch?" Lucy would and say, "I'm busy, thank you much"
And they would make a weird face the second the shut And run and tell their friends how truly crazy was And Lucy knew what people thought but didn't 'Cuz while they spread their through the street She'd paint another
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Lucy was 87, upon her bed At the senior home, where she had checked in Traded in the locks and for a head rest in the charcoal sticks for arthritis, it had to happen
And she drew no more, just sat and watched the Had a television in the room that she'd turned on Lucy pinned up a life worth's of on the wall And sat and smiled, looked one over, just to laugh at it all
Now Rico, he had passed, 'bout 5 back So the visiting pulled in a big flock o' nothin' She'd spoken once throughout the spanning of her life Until the day she leaned forward, grinned and pulled the nurse And she
"Look, never had a dream in my life Because a dream is what you wanna do, but still haven't I what I wanted and did it till it was done So I've been the dream that I wanted to be day one!"
Well, the jumped back She'd never heard even talk, 'specially 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, the speed of the seed A B C, the speed of the need You can dream a dream or you can live a little dream I'd rather live it, 'cuz dreamers always but never get it
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