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lyrics

Miss USA was my neighbor
Just a boy, I still sought her favor
Athletic, attractive, in the community active
She didn’t mind good, honest labor

She’d visit old folks and shut-ins,
with sick boys and girls sit and hold hands
She barely got paid, her own clothe she handmade,
sang for free at the summer bandstand

A light to the lost, a helping hand to the hurt,
pretty outside and inside,
hearty laughing, hard-working, never dealing in dirt
When she moved away we all cried

So easy to lose something so dear
You wake up, your own life – you missed it
When she was ‘round here we’d nothing to fear
Sometimes I wonder if she really existed

A light to the lost, a helping hand to the hurt,
pretty outside and inside,
hearty laughing, hard-working, never dealing in dirt
When she moved away we all cried

Miss USA was my neighbor
Just a boy, I still sought her favor
Gladhearted and kind, generously inclined
Wherever she is, may G_d save her

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from The Promise of Power, track released December 25, 2011

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Eric Blowtorch Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Singer/guitarist/songwriter Eric Blowtorch sings, plays, and writes reggae, ska, rocksteady, soul, rock 'n' roll, funk, Latin, disco, hip-hop, Anglo-Afropop, and jazz songs with rhythm, melody, passion, and original comic timing. E. B. plays solo, in small combos, and with a band, Eric Blowtorch and the Bodyguards. ... more

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