ANGELA
(Music and Lyrics by Marc Traynor)

Verse 1
angie lived just down the road
a couple houses from our home
a lovely girl with emerald eyes
and auburn flowing hair
she always liked to sing a song
and on guitar I'd play along

Verse 2
until the day her parents split
and then she moved away
i've always wondered where we'd be
had she stayed next door to me
that angels' voice that haunts my dream
those emerald eyes still watching me

Pre Chorus 1
at 16 lost and pregnant I heard she ran away from home
and wound up on the downtown streets to face the world alone
she probably thought she'd find a way to make it on her own
but the mean streets are no place for frightened little girls to roam

Chorus 1
she'd dream away, hoping for her Prince to find her
in his arms he'd hold her, protect and he'd adore her
dream away,somewhere he's looking for her
she knows he'll find her, someway ,somehow, someday

Verse 3
first day out she met a man
with dreamy eyes and an olive tan
with gentle words he took her hand
to a safe warm place to stay
with kindness and a caring touch
he gave the love she craved so much

Verse 4
she found a world where she fit in
and promised to be true to him
he showed a world she never knew
the bistros on the avenue
the nightlife and designer clothes
exotic powders for her nose

Pre Chorus 2
in time they switched to needles to feed the hunger in her vein
as they filmed her in the backrooms for the movies that he made
then he sold her on the streets for all the profit he could make
and he'd beat her like his other girls to keep the money straight

Chorus 2
she'd dream away, hoping for her Prince to find her
in his arms he'd hold her, protect and he'd adore her
dream away,somewhere he's looking for her
she knows he'll find her, someway, somehow, someday

Pre Chorus 3
he kept her in that living hell too scared to run away
and he used her 'till her ravaged body turned the john's away
a cold november morning in an alley police came
someone found her strangled body lying face down in the rain

Chorus 3
she'd dream away,hoping for her Prince to find her
in his arms he'd hold her, protect and he'd adore her
dream away,somewhere he's looking for her
she knows he'll find her, someway, somehow, someday

Outro
why didn't they see it coming
why did they all do nothing, 18 is too young to end a life
why didn't we see it coming
why do we all do nothing, 18 is too young to end a life

Comment: A very sad song by Marc that outlines the exploitation of the vulnerable by the evil!
This is a rare instance of Marc singing one of his creations.