Story Behind The Song

I live the fairy tale life. When I started playing and singing at open mic's in bars, it was my first real exposure to the thirty-something, divorced, bar-fly kind of gals that seemed to be looking for love in all the wrong places! I often wondered HOW some of the women I saw, came to be what they are today. I thought about my life and what could happen to me to end my fairy tale and how I would react...and the song "Cinderalla" was born.

Song Description

Girl live's the fairy tale life...then is unexpectedly dumped. Now she must strike out on her own and hope to find her "prince charming" to rescue her!

Lyrics

**** CINDERELLA ****
(SHERRI MULLEN)

I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING IN A STRANGER'S BED
QUIETLY I LEAVE HIM, NOTHING LEFT TO BE SAID
I SLIP OUT OF THE BACK DOOR, NOT FEELING ANYMORE
IS THIS REALLY LIVING - I THOUGHT I WANTED MORE

I USED TO HAVE A LOVER, I USED TO HAVE A LIFE
HE SAID THERE WAS NO OTHER THEN HE TOOK ME FOR HIS WIFE
HE LEFT ME STANDING HELPLESS, JUST STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE
IS THIS REALLY LIVING - WHY DON'T I FEEL ALIVE

(CHORUS)
I ONCE HAD DREAMS - I WATCHED THEM DIE
I ONCE HAD HOPE - I WATCHED IT FLY
AS I WATCH MY CASTLE WALLS COME CRUMBLING TO THE FLOOR
CINDERELLA DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE?

(GUITAR SOLO)

TRAPPED UP IN THE TOWER I STAND LOOKING DOWN
PRAYING THAT HE'LL FIND ME BEFORE I HIT THE GROUND
RESTLESS NIGHTS THEY HAUNT ME, THOSE FAIRYTALES OF YOUTH
BUT THEY NEVER WARNED ME THAT FAIRYTALES AREN'T TRUE

(CHORUS)
I ONCE HAD DREAMS - I WATCHED THEM DIE
I ONCE HAD HOPE - I WATCHED IT FLY
AS I WATCH MY CASTLE WALLS COME CRUMBLING TO THE FLOOR
CINDERELLA DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE?
CINDERELLA DOESN'T LIVE HERE?
CINDERELLA DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE?