What Happened To Those Girls? © 2002 Lon Jones

little girls are so inspired warm and bright willow sticks on fire young starlets brash and bold love life at eight years old they jump out of trees like jolly little tigers they were all singers they were all dancers they were clowns laughing at the world they were all spinners they were all winners they were cool what happened to those girls? seventeen magazine kicks in with the business of pleasing men they were all singers they were all dancers they were clowns laughing at the world they were all play writers they were all sword fighters they were cool what happened to those girls? a storm grew up where the sun had shown many hours were spent upon the phone adolescence made ‘em lazy advertising drove ‘em crazy red moon rising found them all alone they were all singers they were all dancers they were clowns laughing at the world they were all actors they could drive tractors they were cool what happened to those girls?