Lauren Lapointe: Music

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inspired by the true story of a woman who, after working for forty years as an accountant, decided to follow her lifelong dream to become a ballerina

Forty long years she did her time
Crunching numbers at her desk from nine to five
On her final day, she drove away
Said she had this dream and now she didn’t want to wait

To be a ballerina, ballerina girl again
Touching the stars
They can't really be that far
To be a ballerina, ballerina girl again
Like in Swan Lake, she's not too late
Ballerina girl

She saw someone dancing by the side of the road
Just a little girl all dressed up in her ballet clothes
As she watched her spin around, an imaginary queen
Said she knew they weren't that different for they both had this dream

To be a ballerina, ballerina girl again
Touching the stars
Oh they’re really not that far
To be a ballerina, ballerina girl again
Like in Swan Lake, she's not too late
Ballerina girl

They said she’d never get to her first pirouette
But how she spun and she had only just begun

Then she danced for so long and so hard
Knew she was that little girl with her eyes full of stars
Now she’s 85 and she’s never felt more alive
She’s teaching other dreamers you can dream at anytime

To be a ballerina, ballerina girl again
Touching the stars
Oh they’re really not that far
To be a ballerina, ballerina girl again
Like in Swan Lake, she's not too late
Ballerina girl

Like in Swan Lake, she's not too late
Ballerina girl