Ruby and the Dancer - Melissa Manchester

Falling on hard times, the girl came home at last

With her baggage of bad times, her presence from the past

Made the elders eyes to wander when she cried

If you’re looking for my love, pass me by

She was gonna be a dancer, gifted by gods and kings

And it all came so natural moving on angel’s wings

She said,"Ruby, you knew me when my life was gay

But if you’re looking for my heart, look away"

Now the elders she passes seem to stop and stare

It’s a shame about the dancer

And the poor boy she left there

But, Ruby, you loved me well

The elders knew it too

So will you take me with you now or they have taken you

I am not bad or crazy, I live here in a forest

I see things through a rainbow, I am a blossom come alive

They have no way with changes, they come in faceless numbers

They cannot see my garden for I grew up on dreams

Some of us may never grow, but all of us need to know

We need gardens to bloom in

For there must always be room enough for all of us