Hi Everyone,
I wrote this song some years ago. When I used to go for lunch I always saw this girl sitting on the pavement outside the big shops. She was beautiful but so sad begging for money. I thought that under different circumstances her life could have been so different - hence song.

It was semi-finalist in UK Song Competition 2008.

http://www.box.net/shared/l99xavy62o

City Girl

Verse 1
Bm                                                 G
Why do you sit so alone each day in that spot?
          Bm                                               G
Your blue eyes sparkle even with your sadness
A                                 Bm
Are you twisted like a gordian knot
A                              Bm
Youth & sorrow - so sad
F#m
You could be a lady
    A
A lady of grace
    F#m
A royal queen
    A
A queen of our race

CHORUS
E                                           F#m
City girl do you see me as I pass your spot
E                                                      F#m
One day we might smile and say hello
          E                                         F#m
But tomorrow you may be gone, unfairly so
G                                    F#m
Since I suppose you've no where to go

VERSE 2
Bm                                                        G
You're in my head an image changing over time
    Bm                                                G
A collage of colours flashing in my mind
        A                        Bm                             
You sit alone in your silk so fine
A                                Bm
Young and apart - so grand
F#m
You could be a lady
    A
A lady on high
    F#m
A royal queen
    A
A queen of the sky

CHORUS

VERSE 3
Bm                                                              G
Do you know that you've been seen many times before
        Bm                                           G
You frequent all the capitals of the world
    A                         Bm
A life enclosed without a door
A                               Bm
Lost and inward - so strange
F#m
You could be a lady
    A
A lady of worth
    F#m
A royal queen
    A
A queen of this earth

CHORUS

VERSE 4
        Bm                                                     G
Can either of us know what's real for the other one
       Bm                                                          G     
Far less predict the thoughts that will come next
       A                        Bm
We live to gamble  - it's no fun
A                                     Bm
In this way I'm just like you
F#m
You could be a lady
    A
A lady in debt
    F#m
A royal queen
    A
A queen of roulette

CODA
E                                           F#m
City girl do you see me as I pass you by
      E                                               F#m
To day we might smile and say goodbye
          E                                         F#m
And tomorrow you could be gone,  another tie
    G                                      F#m                                   
A new life could then just have begun

Hope you enjoy it and any comments much appreciated

Jim