nine o’clock she knows it’s time
for work at the shoe store just next door
I pity her life at this point and she is
even more
you can tell by seeing the pearls in her eyes
rolling down, down her cheeck
trying to pull it together but missing a spot
and her mind doesn’t want to be weak
every night the streets are too small
when she bikes herself through the cold
didn’t they ever bring her home that one
sudden night
you can tell by seeing the pearls in her eyes
rolling down, down her cheek
trying to pull it together but missing a spot
and her mind doesn’t want to be weak
and she lives by the record of expectations
and God made that promise about valleys
love love and hills
credits
from With The Earth Above Me,
released May 5, 2008
Written by Arend Jan van der Scheer
Performed by lpg