Permutation Child by John Phillips (Zimbabwe) Lyrics

[Verse 1]
(I have) Three dolls and I love them tenderly
Sapphire, Sugarplum, and Tangerine
They live in a cottage of marbles and emeralds in the draw of the cupboard in the room where I dream

[Verse 2]
My name is Candy and my daddy is a scientist
Sapphire, Sugarplum, and Tangerine
He looks like a lobster and laughs like a bullfrog
Says when I grow up I shall be a queen

[Verse 3]
I live in a country called Pandemonium
Sapphire, Sugarplum, and Tangerine
There's ogres and there's giants and there's trolls and monsters
And witches with faces that are bright green

[Verse 4]
I like to dress up my three little playing mates
Sapphire, Sugarplum, and Tangerine
But I cry sometimes for I have no fingers
And I have to eat my dinner behind a screen
[Verse 5]
My daddy says I mustn't make a fuse about my hands
Sapphire, Sugarplum, and Tangerine
Cuz there's children next door, without legs or arms
And at night I can sometimes hear their mummies scream

[Verse 6]
It was long long ago when the enemies bombed us
Sapphire, Sugarplum, and Tangerine
And all the children born were strange and different
I wonder if i'm really gonna be a queen