Come Away Melinda
Discovering Innocence: Come Away Melinda's Echoes from a Pre-War World
Lyrics
"Mommy, mommy, come and look and see what I have found
Mommy, mommy, come and look and see what I have found
A little way away from here while digging in the ground."
A little way away from here while digging in the ground.
"Come away, Melinda. Come in and close the door.
Come away, Melinda. Come in and close the door.
It's nothing but a picture book they had before the war."
It's nothing but a picture book they had before the war.
"Mommy, mommy, come and see. Oh, mommy, come and look.
Mommy, mommy, come and see. Oh, mommy, come and look.
There's four or five Melinda girls inside this picture book."
There's four or five Melinda girls inside this picture book.
"Come away, Melinda. Come in and close the door.
Come away, Melinda. Come in and close the door.
There were lots of little girls like you before they had the war."
There were lots of little girls like you before they had the war.
"Mommy, mommy, come and see. Oh, mommy, hurry do.
Mommy, mommy, come and see. Oh, mommy, hurry do.
There's someone grown up and tall who doesn't look like you."
There's someone grown up and tall who doesn't look like you.
"Come away, Melinda. Come in and close the door.
Come away, Melinda. Come in and close the door.
Your father was a man like that before they had the war."
Your father was a man like that before they had the war.
"Mommy, mommy, come and see. Such things I've never seen.
Mommy, mommy, come and see. Such things I've never seen.
There's happy faces all around and all the ground is green."
There's happy faces all around and all the ground is green.
"Come away, Melinda. Come in and close the door.
Come away, Melinda. Come in and close the door.
That's just the way it used to be before they had the war."
That's just the way it used to be before they had the war.
"Mommy, mommy come and see and tell me if you can,
Mommy, mommy come and see and tell me if you can,
Why can't it be the way it was before the war began?"
Why can't it be the way it was before the war began?
"Come away, Melinda. Come in and close the door.
Come away, Melinda. Come in and close the door.
The answer lies in yesterday before they had the war."
The answer lies in yesterday before they had the war.
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