April Twenty-Second, Somerville, Massachusetts

April twenty-second, Somerville, Massachusetts,
A man with a dog named Marblehead who just has to say
That I look like Ellen Stone, the girl he loved in high school
Course he was young and careless then but no one even asked him
They just sent the girl away

And the whole town talked behind her back
The whole town talked behind her back

April twenty-second, Somerville, Massachusetts,
A man with a dog named Marblehead won't let me by
He says somewhere there's a stranger with my hands and her mother's hair
I could pass her on the street and not even know it
And he looks me in the eye

And the whole town talked behind her back
The whole town talked behind her back

April twenty-second, Somerville, Massachusetts,
A man with a dog named Marblehead won't leave me alone
Well, I am not kin to you, I can't complete your story
I have my father's hands and my mother's accountability
And a story of my own

And the whole town talked behind her back
The whole town talked behind her back

©1995 Annie Gallup