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And She Wonders

from Fuzzy Dice by Schweitzer

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She wakes up early every morning
and gets ready for her day
The cat can keep her company,
though there isn’t much to say
A cup of coffee in her hand
and a paper she half reads
The coffee’s cold and the cup half full
by the time she has to leave

And she wonders,
why she has to work so hard to smile
Why every foot she walks at work
feels in her heart like miles and miles
And she wonders where the prince
they promised her
when she was young has gone
And time just passes, and passes, her by

She has a friend or two she sees,
not often or for long
And a sometimes lover far away,
who visits, then he’s gone
She’s been burned before and closed that door
but the memories still creep in
of the Cinderella promises
of childhood might-have-beens

And she wonders,
why she has to work so hard to smile
Why every foot she walks at work
feels in her heart like miles and miles
And she wonders where the prince
they promised her
when she was young has gone
And time just passes, and passes, her by

Our young dreams get buried ‘neath
the plodding minutes of our lives
All the dull routines we fall into
just trying to survive
Until one day we wake up
and wonder where the wonder’s gone
And it’s then we’ll hear the child inside
who’s been there all along

No woman’s heart has ever aged
an instant passed 18
Though the years paint on the mask of time
that makes it hard to see
And that prince who never came
still holds a place in that young heart
And she holds him close because letting go
would tear her hopes apart

And she wonders,
why she has to work so hard to smile
Why every foot she walks at work
feels in her heart like miles and miles
And she wonders where the prince
they promised her
when she was young has gone
And time just passes, and passes, her by

Time just passes, and passes…

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from Fuzzy Dice, released December 22, 2022
written by Leland Dan Schweitzer

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Schweitzer Los Angeles, California

My brother started writing songs and that was the spark that started me on my own songwriting course that would last the rest of my life. I chose to use my surname, "Schweitzer," for practical reasons, realizing long ago that pronouncing "Richard Schweitzer" was difficult. "Schweitzer Projects" under the "tindog music & stuff" umbrella is producing songs in the Pop / Pop rock or folk categories ... more

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