[malkers]

Back in 06 in Infantry Road in Bangalore we were stopped at the traffic lights in an auto and a little girl was doing acrobatics and jumping through a hoop on the road side, then she came to me with her bowl and she had the most remarkable piercing blue eyes almost like they had been painted.

So I wrote a song about her

Little Girl

Little girl, little girl you know your timing
Down by the traffic lights you do your thing
Little girl sees me with her blue eyes shining
Jumps through a hoop, she can dance and sing

But run run, the policeman is coming
Run run he will take you away
Run run and don’t stop running
You’ll be back again along this way

Little girl, little girl where’s your mummy?
Down at the liquor store to buy her drink
Spending all your hard earnt money
On gin and whiskey don’t it make you think?

Run run, the policeman is coming
Run run he will take you away
Run run and don’t stop running
You’ll be back again along this way

You can’t get away, you can’t run away
You’ll be living out your life like this
It’s a tragedy to see your agony
And all the wonderful things you’ll miss

Harmonica Solo (Am)

Little girl, little girl it’s not funny
To see you doing all the things you do
Little girl I won’t give you money
But I’ll come back with some fruit for you

Run run, the policeman is coming
Run run he will take you away
Run run and don’t stop running
You’ll be back again along this way

Run run, the policeman is coming
Run run he will take you away
Run run and don’t stop running
You’ll be back again along this way

© Shipp / Levan September 2008

And here is a vid of me and my band performing the song in Bristol last night.

Hope you like it, sound quality not to special and I fluffed the 2nd verse up a little, will post a properly recorded one soon!
http://uk.youtube.co...h?v=n9r-GVy_VeY

Cheers
Malc

[Somerset]

Very nice, Malc.

[priya]

Great, and very touching words too.

I wonder if she's still performing?

[jyoti]

Very nice. I enjoyed the video.