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lyrics

CHILD’S PLAY

When you were playing with your soldiers
And I was playing with my dolls
My mother told me I was gorgeous
Your mother told you you were god

You used to think you had the power
You were the master of this house
You used to issue out an order
You were a man and not a mouse

And now I look for all the reasons
Why you can hold your head up high
You stamp your foot and then the earth roars
You say the word and then we die

Soldiers and dolls

And then one day there was a shake up
And things got mixed around and round
And no one knew how it would end up
The rules were lost and never found

Then you began to ask some questions
To look for who you really are
You dropped the mask of hard unfeeling
You dropped the mask you always wore

And then you saw what you were missing
The right to cry and be unsure
And not to blindly give an order
To hide the pain that you endure

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from Strawberry Soufflé, released October 7, 2000
Jane O’Brien: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bodhrán, Circus Snare
Ralf Kamphuis: Vibraphone, Cymbal
Anne Wiemann: Baritone Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo
Lucia Wojdak: Cello

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Jane O’Brien Hamburg, Germany

Dubliner Jane O'Brien cut her teeth in Barcelona as a singer in an all female acapella band. She began writing songs in earnest in Hamburg where she has lived and played for many years. The yearning soul in her voice comes from her Irish folk roots (Boreen) but the warm velvet overtones arise from her jazz diva alter ego. (Jane O'Brien and Band, S.T.A.R.) ... more

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