Little White Things

She told a little white lie

Not a criminal yet, she kept her head high

She was out on a limb but steady, excited and inspired

So she kept on going

She saw a little white moon

Its dim face shivering in water, all pale and roughhewn

She looked at it, like her daughter, through a thin veil of truth

Then she kept on going

She kept on going

Through all of her smiles and her sadness

The call of the wild and her panic

She had more than a fighting chance

Though she thought it was magic

Cos all those little white things

They kept her black heart beating

She took a little white pill

Her daily bid for freedom, should she savour the thrill?

She gave in, defeated, and for a second she stayed still

Then she kept on going

She kept on going

Through all of her smiles and her sadness

The call of the wild and her panic

She had more than a fighting chance

Though she thought it was magic

Cos all those little white things

All those little white things

They kept her black heart beating

When all her colours were gone

How she prayed and believed it

But she never guessed right or sensed wrong

She got the best cards then cheated

And so the game went on

But for all of her sins, she had her little white things

She had more than a fighting chance

Though she thought it was magic

Cos all those little white things

All those little white things

Through all of her smiles and her sadness

The call of the wild and her panic

She had more than a fighting chance

Though she thought it was magic

Cos all those little white things

All those little white things

They kept her black heart beating

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