Strawberry Blonde - cover

cover of Ron Sexsmith's Strawberry Blonde

lyrics:

She was not the girl next door
But the girl from 'round the corner
It was at the tail end of grade four
When she came to school one morning
And all eyes were upon her as she took her seat
Her name was Amanda with pretty eyes of green
And hair of blonde, strawberry blonde

Springtime and dandelions
And summer 'round the corner
Was at the tail end of age nine
With a million dreams before her
She lived with her mother in an old decrepit house
If there was trouble she kept it to herself
All summer long, the strawberry blonde

And by her face there was no way to tell
It seemed like all was well in her world
But the neighbours said
Her mother had lost her will
To gin and sleeping pills
It was no life for a little girl

Still I see her face framed in blue sky
At the top of a slide coming down
And when the sirens wailed
(her mother had failed to rise)
All the neighbours stood outside
As Amanda just stared at the ground

Time flies and years are piled
I'd forgotten all about her
When I saw her down the aisle
Of a streetcar with her daughter
Then I heard Amanda say as she got up
"C'mon Samantha, girl, this is our stop"
And they were gone
Two strawberry blondes

Category:

Music

Tags:

• ron
• sexsmith
• strawberry
• blonde
• epgiles
• peter
• giles
• acoustic
• rock
• folk
• country
• pop
• unsigned
• girl
• next
• door
• amanda

[chuchubo]

you know whats funny? I ripped, recorded your version of this song as it was the first time I ever heard this song, & I sing it in my car along with your version LOL.

Am I weird

[epgiles]

that's super-flattering and pretty amazing to hear. thanks so much.

[dinsdale44]

Fantastic. You really give the original some great little twists to make it your own.

[BobiusBrown]

Heya mate..

I love it.. thanks!

Bewdiful!!

[TheBeetools]

Hey !!! Here I am listening to this video once again a year later and it's still as good as the first time ...

[animalkindness]

Im chuchubo, the poster from Below just changed name.

I still like your version better than the original haha, I still sing it when Im on The road. HURRY UP AND FORM A BAND OR MAKE AN ALBUM

[michaelthorner]

Great version, great playing! Nice work muchacho.

[kppost]

Love your version dude...

[rktship]

Strawberry Blonde refers to particular hair color, sort of a reddish blonde. Anyway, to my point: Your video's are great man... what can I tell you. This cover is really beautiful, and as a beginner to the guitar it's a bit of a motivator for me to continue to practise in hopes of being able to also play this tune. Keep posting, and how about a couple of tutorials for those of us just starting to play the guitar?? All the best from Canada.

[TheBeetools]

I prefer your version from far compared to the original !!!

Who said I only love Beatles songs ???