When She Was a Girl - Wire Train

Do you remember the working girl

She was a

Heroine to me

Kept herself in a vial of water

Evidentially

She watched the boardwalk

As the children came to play

She wished for the years

That she had sent away

Outwardly

Yes you knew

Her

When she was a girl

And now she is no more

Do you remember her flashing smile

And the teeth she left behind

You remember her memories

But not her mind

The fish market wives

Always howl their cruel response

They look for victims they can hang it on

Outwardly

Yes you knew

Her

When she was a girl

And now she is no more

I’ve seen a dream or two and I’ve watched them fade

I’ve watched the cars drive by the motorcade

You can make both pride and prejudice

Your friend again

You can make a king of anyone

Outwardly

Yes you knew

Her

When she was a girl

But now she is no more