VERSE ONE:
i've got a friend, she owns a small business
of frying kebabs, and fruit barbecue sticks
her father disapproved of the vendor stall she put up
as if a person so small can't possibly conquer the world
PRE-CHORUS ONE:
one night she came to me running, pounding her fists on the door, heavy-heaving
her smile was gone forever,
as smooth as the soles of her feet
warm as her oversized sweater that carried the sweet scent of her mother
CHORUS:
spare change of a life she carried in her pocket
if the city was an ocean, she was a starfish
washed up on the shore, pocketed by little children
who'd never know it belongs to their beloved
VERSE TWO:
on the radio on an empty bus, she played the theme, she sang the anthem
how her soul's been defractioned and cut
like the orders she'd pile up
she's run out of plates, fate's dealing cards again
and she's no good at bluffing
PRE-CHORUS TWO:
i saw her again the other night
she looked as if she put up a fight
i ignored my instinct and walked straight on
oh how'd i've known i'd regret it later on
she'd fallen on her safety nest
she'd given up, she gave up fast
(CHORUS)
BRIDGE:
i saw her again the other night
she looked as if she put up a fight
i ignored my instinct, and walked straight on
oh how'd i've known i'd regret it later on
she'd fallen on her safety nest
she'd given up, she gave up fast
(CHORUS)
OUTRO:
pricked by the thorn that grew on a four leaf clover
she's sure she's seen this somewhere before in a friend's home
and just like that, she's taken back to the past
