Once On This Island - Some Girls Lyrics
Some girls take hours to paint every perfect nailFragrant as flowers, all powdered and prim and paleBut you are as wild as that wind-blown treeAs dark and as deep as the midnight seaWhile they're busy dressing, you lie here, warm and boldSome girls you picture, some you holdSome girls take courses at all the best schools in FranceRiding their horses and learning their modern danceThey're clever and cultured and worldly wiseBut you see the world through a child's wide eyesTheir dreams are grand ones, you want what's just in reachSome girls you learn from, some you teachYou are not small talk or shiny carsOr mirrors or French cologneYou are the river, the moon, the starsYou're no one else I've knownSome girls take pleasure in buying a fine trousseauCounting each treasure and tying each tiny bowThey fold up their futures with perfumed handsWhile you face the future with no demandsSome girls expect things others think nothing ofSome girls you marry, some you love
