See the flower in the warm sun’s light
And the flower in the shade
Closing up for the entire night
Opening wide for drinks of rain
So pretty and sweet, she was the girl next door
It would be so much more
Lesley Gore
Hear the singer reach the highest highs
And the woman sing real low
Crying out, as actors act their lines
Like the drama of a show
So lovely and smart, in an impending storm
and all her fans adored
Lesley Gore in a test
She took some time off for school and
then she just couldn’t ever come back
They didn’t pay what they owed her
And then she stopped, dead, right in her tracks
Sadly, Lesley was once a big star
but would never rank high, again, on the charts
Her hope must have been snuffed out, like a candle
but she maintained that she was one of the lucky ones
People claimed she was the sweetest thing
And the people wouldn’t lie
Like a queen who’s with an evil king
Lesley meekly lived her life
A lesson I saw, from which we all can draw
watching her still perform
Lesley Gore in her test
Rest in peace, Lesley Gore
Happy Father’s Day
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