Dawn

DAWN words and music by Karyn Oliver

Dawn
Mama can’t forgive her the way she came to this world
Dawn
Tucks her rebel heart away in a jungle of curl

One million little questions
One million little questions

Why is she not like the other girls
They seem to know she’s from a different world

Dawn
Teacher turns her head from the scene as she walks down the hall
Dawn
Flies herself away from the sting of the cinderblock wall

One million little pinpricks
One million little pinpricks

She’ll be hiding out by Monday afternoon
Re-emerge on Friday after school

Those sisters of mercy promise to save your soul
She stopped waiting for mercy long ago

Dawn
Wasn’t there the day when they threw all the caps in the air
Dawn
Ditched her uniform, flipped a bird and flew down the stair

One million little reasons
One million little reasons

Someone left a door cracked on that day
Packed a box of what she’d learned and pulled a way

Dawn