Limelight

<br>Words and music: jim johnston<br><br>Keyboards: sarah barron<br><br><br><br>Shes in love with the night, a silent refuge from voices that descend on her in spite<br><br>They keep saying shes strange, that dont matter<br><br>She knows that she doesnt have to if she doesnt want to, she isnt going to change.<br><br><br><br>They tell her good girls go to heaven others everywhere.<br><br>Standing in imaginary spotlights they all share.<br><br>She heeds the rumble of a distant drum from yesterday.<br><br>Waiting for the time when being different is okay.<br><br>They tell her shes wrong.<br><br><br><br>Things go bump in the night, she lights a candle that chases the shadows from her sight.<br><br>When things bump in the day, its not imaginary things<br><br>Its the hurt from all the painful things they didnt have to say.<br><br><br><br>They tell her good girls go to heaven others everywhere.<br><br>Standing in imaginary spotlights they all share.<br><br>She heeds the rumble of a distant drum from yesterday.<br><br>Waiting for the time when being different is okay.<br><br>And its time to move on...<br><br><br><br>She sometimes cries in the night,<br><br>Worried by fears bourne of hope from a beyond her years insight,<br><br>Shes learned life can be strange, shes not seeking their approval,<br><br>They cannot reach her, they cannot touch her, and some things cannot change.<br><br><br><br>They tell her good girls go to heaven, others everywhere.<br><br>Standing in imaginary spotlights they all share.<br><br>She heeds the rumble of a distant drum from yesterday.<br><br>Waiting for the time when being different is okay.<br><br><br><br>They tell her no one gets to heaven unless they approve,<br><br>Only when that rumble bowls them over will they move.<br><br>Dancing to a distant drum she knows is not the easy way,<br><br>Waiting for the time when being different is okay..<br><br>She knows whats going on.