Girl On A Shelf
There’s a baby sitting on the shelf
Just a child who wants to sing herself
She’ll be waiting ‘til her bones break through
Blow a ring of smoke between your fingers
Try to start a fire from the embers of her life
There’s a girl who jumps right off the shelf
‘Cause she only wants to please herself
She’ll be smiling ‘til her face runs down
Called the doctor and the doctor told her
Take a pill and it’ll all be over soon, so soon
Her dreams are full of noisy rooms and unmade beds
And fears she’ll wake up finding nobody’s left
She runs through fields of broken glass in a skin tight dress
A teenage queen who rules with heart and breath
Now there’s a woman dancing in the street
Her eyes are laughing ‘cause she loves the beat
She’ll be swinging ‘til the sun breaks through
And when the ghosts begin to cry inside her
She turns around and tells you all about the years she was…
Just a baby sitting on the shelf
Just a child who wants to sing herself
She’ll be waiting ‘til her bones break through
You blow a ring of smoke between your fingers
Try and start a fire from the embers of her life