Ron Sexsmith – Strawberry Blonde (Guitar)

[Intro]
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  She was not the girl next door

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But the girl from 'round the corner

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  It was at the tail end of grade four

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When she came to school one morning

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  And all eyes were upon her as she took her seat

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  Her name was Amanda, with pretty eyes of green

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And hair of blonde, strawberry blonde

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  Springtime and dandelions

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And summer 'round the corner

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  Was at the tail end of age nine

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With a million dreams before her

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  She lived with her mother in an old decrepit house

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  If there was trouble at home she kept it to herself

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All summer long, the strawberry blonde

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   And by her face there was no way to tell

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  It seemed like all was well in her world

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   But the neighbours said

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  Her mother had lost her will

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  To gin and sleeping pills

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It was no life for a little girl

[Solo]
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   Still I see her face framed in blue sky

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  At the top of a slide coming down

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  And when the sirens wailed

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  Her mother had failed to rise

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  All the neighbours stood outside

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As Amanda just stared at the ground

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  Time flies and years are piled

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I'd forgotten all about her

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  When I saw her down the aisle

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Of a streetcar with her daughter

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  Then I heard Amanda say as she got up

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  "C'mon, Samantha, girl, this is our stop"

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And they were gone,

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 Two strawberry blondes