Pollyanne

Album: Blurring the Edges (1997)
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Songfacts®:

  • In this song Brooks champions optimism. She said: "I've never been one to sit in darkness for too long. Who says dark is deep? Who says angry is cool? It takes a lot of courage to be Pollyanne, to love and trust over and over again."
  • Like her hit "Bitch," Brooks wrote this with Shelly Peiken, who went on to co-write the Christina Aquilera hit "What a Girl Wants."

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