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Thursday, 13 June 2019

SWEET MELANCHOLY

"TELL ME ALL THAT YOU MAY KNOW"

I danced myself out of the womb;
I lay on the bed,
Looked up at the ceiling,
Say again this place?

I ran my tin-cup heart along the prison of her ribs
I don't want to fall in love.
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor,
I’ve gone down the river of sadness. 
I don't want to go back to the old house.
Nothing reanimates the old times.

She lives with a broken man -
She ain't got nothing at all.
He beat her with a belt once 'cos she cried;
It's truly, truly a sin.
But if you close the door the night could last forever.

The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars
Were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the endless skies;
I'm always crashing in the same car.

I danced.myself into the tomb
Here I am, little lamb
Everything is quiet now
Am I going to die?

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