Paul Shapera
Crazy Girl
[Brija]
The girl is trained day after day
What things to do, what things to say
The way to fight, the way to pray

The other girls that eye her with disdain
Believe her broken and insane
They plot to kill her soon one day

All the saints I say
All the saint come out and play
The saints and dead dance here today

Girl
Little girl, you've gone too far
Do you still know who you are
Little girl, you're so far gone

Oh Girl
Crazy girl, the things she says
Crazy girl, inside her head
"Crazy girl," says crazy men

The girls are trained with sharpened sword
So when they're grown they all can serve
In a janissary harem corp
Their lives will now have purpose great
To serve the vizier, serve the state
Elite, young, bodyguards one day

All the saints I say
All the saint come out to play
The saints and dead dance here today

Girl
Little girl, you've gone too far
Do you still know who you are
Little girl, you're so far gone

Girl
Crazy girl, the things she says
Crazy girl, inside her head
"Crazy girl," says crazy men

The girls are trained with sharpened sword
So when they’re grown they all can serve
In a Janissary Harlem for

Their lives will now have purpose great
To serve the Vizier so the State
Elite young bodyguards one day
All the saints I say
All the saint come out and play
The saints and dead dance here today



Girl
Little girl, you've gone too far
Do you still know who you are
Little girl, you're so far gone

Girl
Crazy girl, the things she says
Crazy girl, inside her head
"Crazy girl," says crazy men

The other girls they scheme and plot
They try to kill young Brija off
But all their plots go oddly wrong

As weird and strange as it might seem
Her secret friends no one believes
They whisper, warn her constantly

Girl
Little girl, you've gone too far
Do you still know who you are
Little girl, you're so far gone
Oh Girl
Crazy girl, the things she says
Crazy girl, inside her head
"Crazy girl," says crazy men