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The Ballad Of Georgie

from Under These Skies by Noelle Hampton

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This is a tribute to the real Georgie S. that we went to high school with us. The story is a "writer's" version of what happened, but the reason I wrote it is to not debate facts here and there, but to remember Georgie and all of the other ones we lost too young.

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The bridge patrol was only minutes late
As they chased Georgie across the Golden Gate
Nobody noticed at the party that she had gone
The taxi driver didn’t see she had only boxers on
They used to notice when Georgie would change her hair
From eggplant to gorgeous china red
They even noticed who Georgie took to bed
Now they just say “hey man, did you hear that Georgie’s dead?”

Just like the colors of prisms in blue skies, please don’t fade
She was amazing, she was exquisite, please don’t fade

Georgie had tattoos on both her wrists,
Cover the scars with leaves and vines and twists
All from the green of the tattoo pen
To hide the truth until she would try it again

Just like the colors of the Sistine Chapel, please don’t fade
She was amazing, she was exquisite, please don’t fade
Just like the colors, just like the colors, please don’t fade
She was amazing, she was exquisite, please don’t fade

And oh, they like to say they knew her when she was
How they like to say they knew her when she was
Happy --but Georgie was never happy

The Bridge Patrol was only minutes late
As Georgie jumped from the Golden Gate
She saw the light of the city against the black of the sky
And just for a second there was so much life in her eyes, in her eyes

Just like the colors of the Lascaux Paintings, please don’t fade
She was amazing, she was exquisite, please don’t fade
Just like the colors, of prisms in blue skies, please don’t fade
She was amazing, she was exquisite, please don’t fade
Just like the colors, just like the colors, please don’t fade
She was amazing, she was exquisite, please don’t fade..............

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from Under These Skies, released January 1, 2000
NOËLLE HAMPTON: VOCALS/ACOUSTIC GUITAR
ANDRÉ MORAN: ELECTRIC GUITAR
KEVIN T. WHITE: BASS
MICHAEL ISRAEL: DRUMS

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