Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)

I peeked in to say good night
And I heard my child in prayer
"And for me some scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for my hair"
All the stores were closed and shuttered
All the streets were dark and bare
In our town,no scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair
Thru the night my heart was aching
Just before the dawn was breaking
I peeped in and on her pillow
On her pillow lying there
Lovely ribbons,scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair
If I live to be a hundred
I will never know from where
Came those ribbons,scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair

《Am I not your girl》--1992
Sinead O'Connor
BY D.V.

Scarlet Ribbons