Music by Marshall Barer
Lyrics by Jerry Blatt
Bette Midler – STRAWBERRY, LILAC AND LIME (1972)
NOT SURE THE LYRICS ARE RIGHT ON A FEW WORDS
Strawberry, Strawberry, Lilac, and Lime
the Paramount clock has forgotten the time
The Gardens of Neon have burst in the bloom
But the Princess of Persia is not in her room
Untouched on the table her curds and her way
She hasn’t been seen since the dawn of the day
When she pulled on her raincoat and ran for the train
Singing strawberry, liliac, and lime
Only two quarters and one little dime
strawberry staircase a princess may
climb and leaving her burdens Below in
the town remain on the hilltop and never
come down
Oh call the chief archer and ask has he seen a princess
asleep in the third mezzanine many aprils
have passed since we noticed her last
Singing strawberry, lilac, and lime
Lilocks grow wild now all over the
Elm and Vines have enveloped the aster
Hotel the garden is off and. the rock sea is dead all empty and
cold is the princess in bed
But a high on the hill where the wild
Berries grow where blackberries blossom
And blueberries blow curled up all alone
In a mulberry throne
a child is
asleep in the
very last Row
dream 0f
strawberry lilac, and lime