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Jenny’s a small quiet girl
She lives in her own quiet world
The neighbors all say she is stranger than snow in
She’s no more than twelve years old
She told me once be bold but not too bold
She keeps the windows open for the day that she learns how to fly

When I met her she was on the peak of the roof
Shining her flashlight into the night sky
She said she was bringing down proof
And someone to take her away at the same time

I’m going to be a superhero
I’m going to save the world
I’m going to be a superhero
Because I’m tired of being a small quiet girl
I’m going to be a superhero
I’ve got my costume and my secret hideout
I’m waiting on radiation
To bring my powers out

She’s got a sidekick named Frost
She says he’s a boy but he can be taught
I guess I can’t see him cause I don’t know how to look
She walks by my house everyday
Her head’s always down as if to pray
What people call strange, I’d call misunderstood

And some kids are so much more than cruel
And words hurt more than stones ever could
But she says that they are the fools
And one day soon she’s going to get them good, she says

I’m going to be a superhero
I’m going to save the world
I’m going to be a superhero
Because I’m tired of being a small quiet girl
I’m going to be a superhero
I’ve got my costume and my secret hideout
I’m waiting on radiation
To bring my powers out

Jenny and Frost have a plan
She tried to explain but I didn’t understand
She said she’d tell me again, if I made her a strong cup of tea
She’s got bruises a new shade of blue
She says her parents don’t know because they don’t want to
But she tells me not to worry that soon she’ll be stronger than me

And we go up on the peak of the roof
And we shine our flashlights into the night sky
I guess that we’re looking for truth
And someone to take us away at the same time

I’m going to be a superhero
I’m going to save the world
I’m going to be a superhero
Because I’m tired of being a small quiet girl
I’m going to be a superhero
I’ve got my costume and my secret hideout
I’m waiting on snake bites and lightning
To bring my powers out

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from to fall again, released March 1, 2003
earl patrick - guitars/vocals
craig hamblin - upright bass
laird novak - drums

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earl patrick Portland, Oregon

Songwriter, composer & multi-instrumentalist Earl Patrick has been quietly making independent records for over 20 years. For a sample of suggested listening: Four phases (classical piano) | I'll call you when i touch back down (bedroom pop) | songs from a blue room (indie rock - solo guitar & voice) ... more

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