Ghetto Child |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
A child’s reality | |
Is paid for by his folks | |
Fancy fairy tales | |
Are born and sold by those | |
Who can well afford | |
Time to make believe | |
Childhood dreams can still | |
Come true | |
Uh, huh- huh- huh | |
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I had to laugh when preparing this post because I always thought / “heard” these lines differently… I thought / remembered them as: | |
A child’s reality | |
Is paid for by his folks | |
Passing fairy tales | |
They’re bought and sold by those | |
Who can well afford | |
Time to make believe | |
Childhood hopes and dreams | |
Can still | |
Come true | |
Uh, huh- huh- huh | |
[And, as an aside, I practically wore the groves out of this album (“Spinners“) and the “Mighty Love” album. The Spinners and Hall & Oates were my two favorite groups for a couple of years back in the 1970’s. — kmab] | |
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Born And Sold Fairy Tales
September 19, 2020 by kmabarrett
it’s funny how we belt out lyrics for years, that are totally wrong, i’ve done it myself more than once )
Hi Beth,
I completely agree! For me, the interesting thing about the lines is that growing up in a single parent family, I determined IF I ever had kids, I was going to be one of those parents who was willing to do whatever it takes to plant and foster those childhood dreams in my own kids. I like to think I was able to do that, although I believe my better half had substantially more to do with it than I did.
Kevin