Story Behind The Song
this happened when I was living on LES and my friends helped pull her out of the river. She died shortly afterwards.
Song Description
a 19 year old jumped off Brooklyn Bridge
| Song Length |
3:30 |
Genre |
Jazz - Lounge, Pop - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Moving |
Subject |
Suicide, Daughter |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
?Somebody?s Daughter? Meryl Leppard. 2005
Out of her head
A slip of a girl
Starts to climb
Steadily upwards
As Manhattan twinkles a smile
Somebody?s daughter
Has broken her heart
Somebody?s daughter
Wants a new start
Birds hover round her
A chill as the
Dusk closes in
They perch on the girders
And wait for the show to begin
Somebody?s daughter
Has cried all her tears
Somebody?s daughter
Is ending her years
Brooklyn Bridge?s arms
Want to hold her safe
But she?s rejecting its steel embrace
She throws all caution away
Ring a ring a rosie
A pocket full of posie
A tissue, a tissue
We all fall down
All fall down
All fall down
Light as a feather
This baby
Drops from the nest
Leaving a bruise on the sky
A soul repossessed
Somebody?s daughter
Has chosen today
Somebody?s daughter
Is floating away
Love your daughters
Be careful with your daughters
Love your daughters