Dear Diary
Bob A. Feldman
A folk song, from the 1980s, that was written for the Anne Frank character actor to sing, in an unproduced "Anne Frank's Diary" musical play, about a family hiding out from Nazi German occupiers in Amsterdam during World War II.
(chorus)
"Dear Diary,
I'm a girl in need of friends
Dear Diary,
I'll tell you how I live.
(verses)
"My name is Anne Frank
I've just turned 13
In 1929
I was born in Germany
But after Hitler's rise
To Holland we fled
They scapegoated the Jews
And locked up all the reds. (chorus)"
"My father imported spice and herbs
Until 1940
But when the Nazis grabbed Holland
They brought inequality
They forced Father out of business
We had to wear yellow stars
I had to turn in my bike
And was allowed in school no more. (chorus)
"I couldn't go to the movies
Or ride in an automobile
Or even go on a streetcar
How crazy this world did feel!
And yesterday, My Father
Told me that we had to hide
At 5 o'clock in the morning
Mother woke me and I grabbed some clothes. (chorus)
"Our hiding place is upstairs
In the building Father used to work
Along with me and Father
My sister, Margot, and Mother sit
Three other people join us
The Van Daans and their son, Peter,
Who knows how long we'll hide here?
Who knows what wll be my future? (chorus)