"Thumbelina" by the Pretenders, The Featured Unknown/Underrated Song of the Week

We've presented dozens of these songs now in the two-and-a-half years that Inside The Rock Era has been around.  I must say, this is absolutely one of the most underrated songs of all-time.  Chrissie is especially passionate in this one because it's personal:

"Thumbelina"

Pretenders

 

Lyrics and Music by Chrissie Hynde

 

Hush little baby, don't you cry
When we get to tucson you'll see why
We left the snowstorms and the thunder and rain
For the desert sun, we're gonna be born again
What's important in this world
A little boy, a little girl

Hush little darling, go to sleep
Look out the window and count the sheep
That dot the hillsides and the fields of wheat
Across america as we cross america
What's important here today
The broken line on the highway

All the love in the world for you, girl
Thumbelina in a great big scary world
All the love in the world for you, girl
Take my hand and we'll make it through this world

Hush little baby, my poor little thing
You've been shuffled about like a pawned wedding ring
It must seem strange, love was here then gone
And the oklahoma sunrise becomes the amarillo dawn
What's important in this life
Ask the man who's lost his wife