Rachel Delevoryas (Album Version)-Randy Stonehill

[ti:Rachel Delevoryas] [ar:Randy Stonehill] [al:The Definitive Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Rachel Delevoryas (Album Version) - Randy Stonehill [00:00.72]Rachel Delevoryas [00:02.47] [00:03.67]With her thick eye glasses and her plain Jane face [00:07.55] [00:08.19]Sat beside me in my fifth grade class [00:11.83]Looking so terribly out of place [00:15.39] [00:15.93]Rachel played the violin [00:18.19] [00:19.60]And classical music was out of style [00:22.96] [00:23.51]She couldn't control all her wild brown hair [00:27.16]Her nervous laughter and her awkward smile and [00:31.55]It was clear that she'd never be [00:33.76]One of us [00:35.20] [00:37.97]With her dowdy clothes [00:39.99]And her violin [00:42.07]And a name like Rachel Delevoryas [00:46.86] [00:54.15]But I'd pass by her house in the evening [00:57.56]Going to play with my best friend Ray [01:00.69] [01:01.65]And the music floating from her window [01:05.31]Spoke the things that Rachel could never say [01:09.71] [01:16.64]Rachel Delevoryas [01:18.85] [01:20.35]Was eating her lunch as the boys walked by [01:24.62]"Rachel is ugly" she heard them shout [01:28.24]She sat on the schoolyard bench and cried and [01:32.78]It was clear that she'd never be [01:35.06]One of us [01:36.38] [01:39.32]With her dowdy clothes [01:41.45]And her violin [01:43.03] [01:43.74]And a name like Rachel Delevoryas [01:48.79] [01:52.02]And every year the hedge got higher [01:55.22] [01:55.89]As it grew around Rachel's house [01:58.95] [01:59.75]Like the secret wall inside her [02:03.64]That she built to keep all the heartache out [02:08.07] [02:14.71]Rachel Delevoryas [02:17.11] [02:18.45]Moved back east with her family [02:21.89] [02:22.89]Now she's dressed in a beautiful gown [02:26.70]Standing on stage with the symphony [02:30.00] [02:30.90]Rachel plays the violin [02:33.19] [02:34.68]But every night when the lights go down [02:38.62] [02:39.39]I wonder if she still remembers those days [02:43.21]And cruel little boys in this one horse town and [02:47.69]It was clear that she'd never be [02:50.02]One of us [02:51.56] [02:54.39]With her dowdy clothes [02:56.55]And her violin [02:58.91]And a name like Rachel Delevoryas [03:03.97] [03:06.96]And a name like Rachel Delevoryas