A
new
road
in
life
she has
to run,
Her
first
day at
school
has now
begun;
She'll
learn
to read
and
she'll
learn
to write,
She'll
learn
of
math
and
she'll
learn
of
life.
Her
first
days
at
school
were
somewhat
a bore,
But
they
would
open
many
a
door;
First
grade
through
fourth
in
New
Bloomfield
land,
She
had
lots
of
friends
and
belonged
to
the
band.
In
fifth
grade
she
once
again
changed
her
school,
To
Cedar
Hill
with
a
new
set
of
rules;
Girl
Scouts
taught
her
what
life
did
mean,
And
her
thoughts
were
of
a
trampoline.
She
moved
to
Eugene
still
just
a
child,
But
her
life
there
wasn't
going
to
be
mild;
Shelly
joined
the
choir
in
a
church
nearby,
Her
goals
in
life
now
reached
the
sky.
Bible
school,
volleyball,
screaming
at
games,
She
didn't
want
life
to
be
at
all
tame;
She
went
to
proms
and
she
went
to
dances,
She
met
her
first
beau
and
took
her
chances.
She
gave
him
her
heart
with
no
fear,
But
the
romance
ended
in
less
than
a
year:
She
went to New
Mexico to
have some fun,
Playing
and swimming
in a different
sun.
The
next year
Chicago was
a different
scene,
With
its skyscrapers
so tall
and lean;
This
was the
year she
turned sixteen,
A
car was
the only
hope of her
dream.
A
62 Chevy,
it ran
like a top,
You
can bet
her life
now isn't
going to
stop;
Her
tonsils
came out
that year
it is
true,
But
she wasn't
down long
I can
guarantee
you.
Her
senior
year
was not
to be
too calm,
But
she
went
after
it without
a qualm;
Arm
in
a cast,
a leg
the
same,
Bumps
and
bruises
were
the
name
of
the
game.
Shelly
played
hooky
and
thought
she'd
fooled
Mom,
But
Mom
knew
better,
she'd
lived
through
Tom;
Marred
Mom's
car,
put
a
dent
in
a
truck,
This
was
the
year
for
her
tough
luck.
Shelly
went
to
Florida
for
one
last
fling,
She
saw
Mickey
and
Minnie
do
their
thing:
The
year's
at
an
end,
the
school
days
are
gone,
And
as
she
leaves
in
her
heart
is
a
song.
Shelly
will
graduate
on
this
day,
In
shimmering
sun
with
the
flowers
of
May;
A
new
road
in
life
she'll
have
to
begin,
But
somehow
I
know
her
battles
she'll
win.
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