The Aberdeen Foundation

COUNTRY GIRL WHO WAS A PRINCESS
( Diana's Song )
[ country; written by Jan Hipwell and Len Scott ]

She sat beside a homeless man in a cardboard tent

And hugged a patient who had AIDS

Then auctioned all those ballrooom gowns she used to wear

Helping the poor was her crusade

Far from the farm where she was born

She tried to mend a world so torn

An' on the night she died

The whole world cried

For a country girl who was a princess

And only God knows why

She had to die

The country girl who was a princess

She went from grooming horses into a world spotlight

Brighter than the starry nights back home

The press they hounded her like wolves, she was an easy prey

Why couldn't they leave her alone

They chased her right into her grave

You'd think the good ones would be saved

And on the night she died

The whole world cried

For a country girl who was a princess

And only God knows why

She had to die

The country girl who was a princess

When a hero's work is done, their light follows the sun

Diana's warmth still shines down, her love is still around

And on the night she died

The whole world cried

For a country girl who was a princess

And only God knows why

She had to die

The country girl who was a princess

Oh, that night she died

I sat there and cried

For a country girl who was a princess *

* Based on the life and example of Diana; Princess of Wales.

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