Gabrielle

Gabrielle, is it true, did you ever really do All the things you wanted to? Gabrielle, did you stray, from your grey suburban bed To the stories in your head? Did you fall in love in Fiji? Did you make the whole world care? Did you say goodbye to Moscow? See Australia from the air? Did you punch your weight in good deeds? Are there stories you can share? Vicariously I show that I care Did you see Africa in the morning? Or did you stay right where you were? Did your life become a pattern? Or did you hear the whole world cheer? Gabrielle, is it true, that I didn't notice you On your hopefully life's debut? Gabrielle, when I dream You have found a kind of peace Through the world would treat you mean Did your life span every ocean In each corner of the land? Was your heart met with devotion? Did you live out all your plans? In the days when we were younger Only children in the dirt And you were always scared of being hurt Did you see Africa in the morning? Or did you stay right where you were? Did your life become a pattern? Or did you hear the whole world cheer?