Little White Things

She told a little white lie Not a criminal yet, she kept her head high She was out on a limb but steady, excited and inspired So she kept on going She saw a little white moon Its dim face shivering in water, all pale and roughhewn She looked at it, like her daughter, through a thin veil of truth Then she kept on going She kept on going Through all of her smiles and her sadness The call of the wild and her panic She had more than a fighting chance Though she thought it was magic Cos all those little white things They kept her black heart beating She took a little white pill Her daily bid for freedom, should she savour the thrill? She gave in, defeated, and for a second she stayed still Then she kept on going She kept on going Through all of her smiles and her sadness The call of the wild and her panic She had more than a fighting chance Though she thought it was magic Cos all those little white things All those little white things They kept her black heart beating When all her colours were gone How she prayed and believed it But she never guessed right or sensed wrong She got the best cards then cheated And so the game went on But for all of her sins, she had her little white things Little white things Little white things Little white things Little white things She had more than a fighting chance Though she thought it was magic Cos all those little white things All those little white things Through all of her smiles and her sadness The call of the wild and her panic She had more than a fighting chance Though she thought it was magic Cos all those little white things All those little white things They kept her black heart beating