Rachel Delevoryas (LP Version)-Randy Stonehill

[ti:Rachel Delevoryas] [ar:Randy Stonehill] [al:Our Recollections] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Rachel Delevoryas (LP Version) - Randy Stonehill [00:00.68]Rachel Delevoryas [00:02.98] [00:04.08]With her thick eye glasses [00:05.63]And her plain Jane face [00:08.40]Sat beside me in her fifth grade class [00:11.83]Looking so terribly out of place [00:16.06]Rachel played the violin [00:18.51] [00:19.87]And classical music was out of style [00:23.81]She couldn't control [00:25.07]All her wild brown hair [00:27.41]Her nervous laughter [00:28.94]And her awkward smile and [00:31.82]It was clear that she'd never be [00:34.04]One of us [00:35.64] [00:38.27]With her dowdy clothes [00:39.95]And her violin [00:42.34]And a name like Rachel Delevoryas [00:47.61] [00:54.40]But I'd pass by her house [00:56.13]In the evening [00:57.86]Going to play with my best friend Ray [01:00.88] [01:01.98]And the music floating from her window [01:04.96] [01:05.58]Spoke the things that Rachel [01:07.57]Could never say [01:10.02] [01:16.98]Rachel Delevoryas [01:19.48] [01:20.70]Was eating her lunch [01:22.00]As the boys walked by [01:24.88]"Rachel is ugly" she heard them shout [01:28.30]She sat on the schoolyard [01:30.66]Bench and cried and [01:32.90]It was clear that she'd never be [01:35.30]One of us [01:36.74] [01:39.62]With her dowdy clothes [01:41.42]And her violin [01:43.83]And a name like Rachel Delevoryas [01:48.93] [01:52.26]And every year the hedge got higher [01:56.13]As it grew around Rachel's house [01:59.43] [01:59.99]Like the secret wall inside her [02:03.97]That she built to keep [02:05.65]All the heartache out [02:08.51] [02:15.07]Rachel Delevoryas [02:17.65] [02:18.56]Moved back east with her family [02:22.17] [02:23.18]Now she's dressed in a beautiful gown [02:26.84]Standing on stage with the symphony [02:30.26] [02:30.91]Rachel plays the violin [02:32.89] [02:34.96]But every night when the lights go down [02:38.87] [02:39.67]I wonder if she still remembers those days [02:43.36]And cruel little boys [02:44.90]In this one horse town and [02:48.09]It was clear that she'd never be [02:50.20]One of us [02:52.39] [02:54.69]With her dowdy clothes [02:56.64]And her violin [02:58.49] [02:59.20]And a name like Rachel Delevoryas [03:04.32] [03:07.26]And a name like Rachel Delevoryas