One Girl Town

Wandering around
this heartless town
restless and aching to write
a letter to you all about you
to say that I love you
but it’s too soon to tell

In the haze of disguise how can I exist
in styles, signals and signs?
Fire trucks racing to a scene far away
everyone’s racing
to a scene far away

One girl town

Faces march by with artillery eyes
waging a new war called doubt
It raises the soldiers from the trenches
of my echoing
battle-stained past

In this one girl town
One girl town
One girl town

And the rain keeps falling
and the sky is rarely blue

A traffic light squints tempting my stride
but I don’t dare a step forward
Cowards dismantle my courage
Seasoned destroyers
and counterfeit friends

Turning around a voice in the crowd
is mine for the very first time
pouring a sidewalk of freedom and fire
Everything ending
is where I begin

And the rain keeps falling
and the sky is rarely blue

One girl town
One girl town
One girl town
One girl town
One girl town

One Girl Town

Licity Collins
from the album One Girl Town