Skinny little girl
Sittin' on her daddy's car
Dreamin' of the days
As they go drivin' far
Hey little lady
Chose her daddy's road
Cruisin' through the haze
what the future sold
Forget those summers
Lost in your photo book
Live down your life
outside the storybook
Dreamin' of the days
Dreams lived in her heart
As they go driving,
drivin' far
Skinny little girl
Sat on a dusty old car
Laughing to the wind
As they go drivin' far . . .
- 1993
This was written after seeing an old yellowed photo of a girl and her uncle. Also, I might've been listening to John Mellencamp. My mistaking the photo for her late father, caused this poem to be received in angry tears. Mea culpa; Such is life.
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