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Don't Look Down, Pollyanna

from Don't Look Down, Pollyanna by Steve Forbert

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Don't Look Down, Pollyanna

The sidewalk spiel, it's no big deal,
The traffic lights are blinking just the same;
The church bell tolls for hearts and souls,
And ev'ry moth is flapping toward a flame.

Don't look down, Pollyanna,
Don't look down at all;
Shreveport Louisiana
Is just as high as Niag'ra Falls.
You feel as if you're over a barrel,
You think you might be close to the edge,
You're hopin' there'll be somebody there who'll
Get you back in tact off the ledge.

Your west side home they foreclosed on
Is someone else's dream come true today;
At near half price it must feel nice
To wake up with a mortgage one can pay.

Don't look down Pollyanna,
Don't look down at all,
Shreveport Louisiana
Is just as high as Niag'ra Falls.
You feel as if you're over a barrel,
You think you might go straight down the drain,
You're hopin' there'll be somebody there who'll
Zap you back t' Hackberry Lane.

The World And How To Work It
Is a book you should've read,
There should've been a copy on the night stand by your bed;
Life And How To Live It
is another good choice as well --
The new large print edition and a fairly clean hotel...

A sweet soul blast from days gone past
Is bouncing off the Greyhound station wall;
A safe past tense that makes good sense
And now is somewhat painful to recall.

Don't look down, Pollyanna,
Don't look down at all;
Shreveport, Louisiana is just as high as Nia'gra Falls.
You feel as if you're over a barrel,
You think you might be close to the end,
You're hopin' there'll be somebody there who'll
Get you back on track once again.

(c) S. Forbert 2009

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from Don't Look Down, Pollyanna, released October 28, 2009
Written by Steve Forbert

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Steve Forbert

Folk-Rock, singer-songwriter. Romeo's Tune was his first major hit in 1979. Hometown: Meridian, Miss. Released 22 studio albums, including a Grammy-nominated tribute to fellow Meridian, Mississippi native, Jimmie Rodgers.

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