THERE WAS THIS GIRL WAITING FOR
AMERICA TO UNFURL
AND SHOW ITS SECRETS TO HER
SHE WAS A CHRISTIAN GIRL
AFRICAN MISSION CHILD WHO NEVER QUESTIONED HER BELIEFS
KNEW THE BIBLE LIKE THE BACK OF HER HAND
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY RED HAIRED
GIRL
YOU SHOOK MY WORLDSHATTERED A HOLE IN MY SHELL
TOLD ME I WOULD GO TO HELL
BUT I LOVED YOU STILL THE SAME
SKINNY, FRECKLED AND NICE
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY MY TYPECOLLEGE LIFE WAS NEVER QUITE RIGHT
SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND LIFE WASN'T SO GRAND
MADE ME DO THINGS I DIDN'T WANT TO DO
FORCED ME ON A DATE OR TWOBUT THEY DIDN'T GO GREAT
RED HAIRED GIRL YOU SHOOK MY WORLD
BROKE A HOLE IN MY SHELL AS YOU
THREATENED ME WITH HELL BUT I THINK I LOVE YOU STILL THE SAME
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