Lucy was 7 and wore a of blue barrettes City born, into this world no knowledge and no regrets Had a piece of yellow with which she'd draw upon the street The many faces of the various locals that she meet
There was Joshua, age 10, bully of the Who always took her milk money at the morning bus was Mrs. Crabtree and her poodle She gave a wave and holler on her weekly trip to the bingo parlor
And she drew, men, women, kids, sunsets, And she drew, skyscrapers, fruit stands, cities, Always said hello to passersby, they'd ask her why she passed her Attachin' lines to concrete, but she would only
Now all the other living in or near her building Ran around like tyrants, soaking up the open fire They would say, "Hey little Lucy, come jump double dutch?" would pause, look, grin and say, "I'm busy, thank you much"
Well, well, one year and believe it or not She every last inch of the entire sidewalk and she stopped "Lucy, after all this, you're giving in today?" She said, "I'm not giving in, I'm finished", and walked
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was 37, and introverted somewhat Basement apartment in the same she grew up in She traded in her barrettes for long locks held up with a clip Traded in her yellow for charcoal sticks
And she drew, little Bobby who would to sweep the porch And she drew, the mailman, delivered at 4 Lucy had very little contact with the folks her cubicle day But she found it suitable, and she liked it way
She had a man now, Rico, similar, They would only see each other or twice a week on purpose appreciated space and Rico was an artist too So they'd connect on Saturdays to the pictures that they drew
Now every month or so, she'd get a knock upon the door one of the neighbors Actin' nice, she was a strange girl, really sad "Hey, Lucy, wanna join me for lunch?" Lucy would and say, "I'm busy, thank you much"
And would make a weird face the second the door shut And run and tell their friends how truly Lucy was And Lucy knew what thought but didn't care 'Cuz while they their rumors through the street She'd paint another
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Lucy was 87, upon her bed At the senior home, where she had previously in Traded in the and clips for a head rest in the charcoal sticks for arthritis, it had to happen
And she drew no more, sat and watched the dawn Had a television in the room that never turned on pinned up a life worth's of pictures on the wall And sat and smiled, each one over, just to laugh at it all
Now Rico, he had passed, 'bout 5 back So the visiting hours pulled in a big flock o' She'd never spoken once throughout the of her life Until the day she leaned forward, grinned and the nurse aside And she
"Look, never had a dream in my life Because a dream is what you do, but still haven't pursued I what I wanted and did it till it was done So I've been the dream that I to be since day one!"
Well, the nurse back never heard Lucy even talk, 'specially words like that She walked to the door, and pulled it closed behind Then Lucy blew a kiss to each one of her pictures and she
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