[00:09.79]There's a small girl with her backpack
[00:14.62]Filled with textbooks out of date
[00:19.54]Sings a new song every block
[00:23.62]And gets to school about ten of eight
[00:29.41]For each hopscotch on the school lot,
[00:34.63]There's a wall that's tagged with names,
[00:39.63]And heavy bars conceal the windows
[00:44.55]Etched remarks detail the frames
[00:50.52]One small bird flew away from this earth
[01:00.43]Wings pushing so high
[01:10.40]But looking down on that once fragile ground,
[01:20.12]She's happy to be in the sky
[01:34.76]O' How the sunlight burns the pavement,
[01:39.64]As the sweat forms on her brow
[01:44.72]There's some shade beneath the building
[01:49.84]And the hydrant's open now
[01:54.86]And as they line up from their recess,
[01:59.94]Cracking sounds disrupt the sky,
[02:04.71]And tiny holes as big as pennies
[02:10.30]Mark the walls as children cry
[02:15.33]And one small bird flew away from this earth
[02:25.55]Wings pushing so high
[02:35.10]But looking down on that once fragile ground,
[02:45.40]She's happy to be in the sky