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Veiled in this happy demeanor a child factory worker questions why life is so hard, and tries to believe what she is told. But despite the assurances of her elders she dreams that she too will one day wear the yellow star on her striped uniform.

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STARS AND STRIPES

I work a factory job in a company town
Where the smokestacks turn everything gray
I always give what I got never sleep never stop
But I long for the end of the day

They say that I’m a lucky kid
I’ll never know what I missed like you
So long and adieu
But when I finally close my eyes
I wish I may I wish I might
Have somebody tell me why we do, what we do?

I’m sewing stars and stripes
Every day every night
But they never shine
What does it mean?
I’m sewing stars and stripes
And I don’t know if it’s right
But I do my best like the rest
I do my best to believe

I work from dawn to the dusk to the deadline we rush
While the smokestacks make snow in the heat
I work my hands to the bone yes I do what I’m told
But I hope for a day of relief

They tell me when I’m all gown up
That once we’ve finally made enough we’re free
Oh could it be?
But when I lay me down to sleep
My visions start to crawl and creep
Of people wearing stars on every street
And one of them is me

I’m sewing stars and stripes
Every day every night
But they never shine
What does it mean?
I’m sewing stars and stripes
And I don’t know if it’s right
But I do my best like the rest
I do my best to believe

Little suits for little men
And little dresses for the ladies I make
Little truths and little hems
And little messages that you won’t hear today okay?

I’m sewing stars and stripes
Every day every night
But they never shine
What does it mean?
I’m sewing stars and stripes
And I don’t know if it’s right
But I do my best like the rest
I do my best to believe

By Circe Link (Narccisiphus Music BMI)
and Christian Nesmith (Neztoons Publishing BMI)

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from Enchanted Objects and Ordinary Things, released March 31, 2017

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