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Holly

from Funny Day by Bird Mancini

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    Big harmonies, rock 'n roll accordion, guitars sometimes crunchy, sometimes mellow, visual melodies and lyrics all reflecting the acid trip of life. Comes with 8 panel booklet, lyrics, pics and beautiful artwork by Jane Smaldone.

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Ruby: Holly was a young girl in Billy's distant past, unmercifully teased by her schoolmates. She didn't last long at his school, but her mystery remains.


Billy Carl: I was heavily into listening to XTC at the time I wrote this one. Don't know if I captured any of that but that's the way I hear it. Even though I wrote specifically about a girl I knew, I also included some personal experiences too. Most of us went through a certain loneliness or isolation as children didn't we?


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Holly
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP

One more day arrives
(Holly eats her breakfast)
Past the school bus lines
(Holly couldn’t care less)
Children pass the time
(Holly in her old dress)
Eating her alive
“Can’t the people see what I see?”
“Why’s everybody looking at me?”

Hair of fire is blowing in the wind
Eyes like daggers pierce into your soul
Something strange about this ruby girl
Holly won’t you open your brown eyes
Open your brown eyes
Open your brown eyes….Holly……

See her walk alone
(Holly’s little planet)
Kicking one lone stone
(Holly understands it)
Bouncing to and fro
(Smiling like a bandit)
Wonder where she goes
“Can’t they hear the sounds that I hear?”
“Why’s everybody living in fear?”

Hair of fire is blowing in the wind
Eyes like daggers pierce into your soul
Something strange about this ruby girl
Holly won’t you open your brown eyes
Open your brown eyes
Open your brown eyes

Humming soft songs to herself…
See her walk alone….Kicking one lone stone….Wonder where she goes

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from Funny Day, released March 1, 2007
Ruby Bird-vocals, accordions / Billy Carl Mancini-vocals, guitars, guiro, egg shaker / John Bridge bass / Larry Harvey drums

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Bird Mancini Boston, Massachusetts

“…a cosmopolitan fusion…pop music in the most adventurous, inclusive sense of the term.” -The Boston Globe

Ruby Bird and Billy Carl Mancini, better known as BIRD MANCINI, Boston's acclaimed accordion/guitar rock duo/band features eclectic and at times a bit psychedelic rock with lush vocal arrangements, blues-tinged guitar, accordion, harmonica, and a variety of percussion, bells and whistles. ... more

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