Strawberry Blonde Lyrics - Ron Sexsmith

She was not the girl next door 

But the girl from 'round the corner 

It was at the tail end of grade four 

When she came to school one morning 

And all eyes were upon her as she took her seat 

Her name was Amanda with pretty eyes of green 

And hair of blonde, strawberry blonde 

Springtime and dandelions 

And summer 'round the corner 

Was at the tail end of age nine 

With a million dreams before her 

She lived with her mother in an old decrepit house 

If there was trouble she kept it to herself 

All summer long, the strawberry blonde 

And by her face there was no way to tell 

It seemed like all was well in her world 

But the neighbours said 

Her mother had lost her will 

To gin and sleeping pills 

It was no life for a little girl 

Still I see her face framed in blue sky 

At the top of a slide coming down 

And when the sirens wailed 

(her mother had failed to rise) 

All the neighbors stood outside 

As Amanda just stared at the ground 

Time flies and years are piled 

I'd forgotten all about her 

When I saw her down the aisle 

Of a streetcar with her daughter 

Then I heard Amanda say as she got up 

"See'mon Samantha, girl, this is our stop" 

And they were gone 

Two strawberry blondes