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Before I was a girl

from Beating of the Sun by Lisa Richards

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    CD number 5 recorded in Austin Texas. Produced by Jeff May and Executive produced by Lisa Richards.

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lyrics

Before I was a Girl

I lie here
all night long
waiting
for the first shooting star
lounging on the bonnet
of your car
The heat from the engine
warms on my back
your arm slips round my shoulder
just like that

Life was easier
Before I was a girl
Before I was a girl
Before I was a girl

flying down the hill
on my brothers rusty bike
in the pouring summer rain
tough and dirty
chasing all the girls
in pretty dresses and pigtails
just to scare them
I was tough as nails

Life was easier
Before I was a girl
Before I was a girl
Before I was a girl

before the world
began to treat me differently
be careful, what you do and say
no one will marry you if you act that way

comb your hair,
here put this dress on
stockings and makeup
make the best of what you’ve got
fit into this tiny box
look in the mirror
this is what you should look like

Life was easier
Before I was a girl
Before I was a girl
Before I was a girl

credits

from Beating of the Sun, released July 17, 2016
Produced by Jeff May and Lisa Richards
drums Walter Doggett
guitar vocals Lisa Richards
Bass and other instruments Jeff May
Keyboards, piano accordion, melodica Derek Morris
Cello Steve Bernal

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Lisa Richards Canberra, Australia

With an instantly identifiable vocal timbre and an elastic sense of phrasing, Lisa has been called a singer's singer and her songs are a melting pot mixture of jazz, folk,blues,pop, rock and country - her own brand of adventurous folk art.

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