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Prefer You Were A Girl

from Something Pretty Something True by Arielle Silver

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The rain slaps her umbrella like a parental reprimand
How many times can she be warned?
The puddles dance in the darkness like lights around a xmas tree
Flickering, dizzying, decorating, suffocating the dying tree
For all of it’s glitz and glamour,
times square neon lights, lite broadway clamour
There’s nothing new york has to offer
But the company of strangers from birth to coffin

She’d prefer you were a girl, but she’s lonely and it’s late
And yesterday she was lonely just the same
In all of NY, there’s not a bar or café
In all of her writings, there’s not a way to say
She’d prefer you were a girl, but she’s lonely and it’s late

She mentions many things one time only and never again
And if you ask. She’ll say she’s in pain, but she can’t name the art of the torture
a reflection in a window shop says she’s cold without and within
it seems reflections and shadows lately speak more clearly

She’d prefer you were a girl, but she’s lonely and it’s late
And yesterday she was lonely just the same
In all of NY, there’s not a bar or café
In all of her writings, there’s not a way to say
She’d prefer you were a girl, but she’s lonely and it’s late

She never did really choose this life
She’s not sure that this world is her sort of place
She’s not sure if her parents had asked on that fateful night of conception
She would not have asked them to stop the action

She’d prefer you were a girl, but she’s lonely and it’s late
And yesterday she was lonely just the same
In all of NY, there’s not a bar or café
In all of her writings, there’s not a way to say
She’d prefer you were a girl, but she’s lonely and it’s late

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from Something Pretty Something True, released October 1, 2006
Song by Arielle Silver
Produced by Arielle Silver and Chris Florio
Engineered by Chris Florio at Passion Records and Rich Mendelson at Reach Studios
Mixed and Mastered by Rich Mendelson at Reach Studios

Cover photo by Kelly Davidson
Design by Arielle Silver

Acoustic guitar / electric guitar / vocals / clarinet: Arielle Silver
Electric guitar / keys: Chris Florio
Bass: Mariana Iranzi
Drums / percussion: Scott Manley

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Arielle Silver Los Angeles, California

Music Connection TOP 2020 PROSPECTS and
American Songwriter Daily Discovery, Arielle Silver's songs have the heart of Laurel Canyon, the pulse of Americana, and the soul of the Chelsea Hotel. Her long-awaited upcoming album, A THOUSAND TINY TORCHES, was community-funded and releases June 2020. The Boston Globe called Something Pretty Something True album,“Lovely songwriting and arrangements,” ... more

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