if she knew what she wants

when marie-claire picked up polly from school yesterday she was carrying a guitar case that had a bunch of stickers on it. it was a kinda sunny almost spring day so she took polly to the park so she could listen to her play guitar.

on the train marie-claire handed her some lyrics on a piece of paper & told her to listen to this song she had on her ipod. the song was called if she knew what she wants by a group called the bangles & polly thought it was nice but kinda sad. after the song was over marie-claire asked if she could sing it & polly said uh huh. papa says polly has something called perfect pitch when it comes to singing. polly doesn't know what that is but she does know she only has to hear a song once & then she can sing it real good.

when they got to the park they sat on a bench & marie-claire said we should sing it here in the park while i play guitar so you can get some practice singing in public for your band. polly was a little shy but she said ok. marie-claire sang the harmonies & back up & played the guitar really well. she tapped her foot & told polly to watch her foot & follow the beat. that was hard because polly likes to close her eyes when she sings. marie-claire said when she was in high school she was in a band & they played this song alot.

polly had alot of fun singing with marie-claire & people kept walking by & dropping money in the guitar case!! they made $36!! the third time they sang it there was a crowd of people listening & when they finshed they all clapped & smiled & some german tourists wanted to take her picture.

polly was fine with all the people watching her when she was singing but once she stopped she got scared & shy again. that's what happens all the time when you're in a band, marie-claire said as she put her guitar away.

then she took polly to the coffehaus & made her a soy hot chocolate & an avocado hummus & tomato sandwich.