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As I Sat Sadly by Her Side |
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Nick Cave |
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by kexianda |
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As I sat sadly by her side |
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At the window, through the glass |
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She stroked a kitten in her lap |
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And we watched the world as it fell past |
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Softly she spoke these words to me |
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And with brand new eyes, open wide |
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We pressed our faces to the glass |
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As I sat sadly by her side |
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She said, "Father, mother, sister, brother, |
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Uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, |
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Soldier, sailor, physician, labourer, |
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Actor, scientist, mechanic, priest |
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Earth and moon and sun and stars |
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Planets and comets with tails blazing |
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All are there forever falling |
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Falling lovely and amazing" |
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Then she smiled and turned to me |
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And waited for me to reply |
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Her hair was falling down her shoulders |
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As I sat sadly by her side |
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As I sat sadly by her side |
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The kitten she did gently pass |
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Over to me and again we pressed |
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Our different faces to the glass |
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"That may be very well", I said |
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"But watch the one falling in the street |
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See him gesture to his neighbours |
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See him trampled beneath their feet |
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All outward motion connects to nothing |
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For each is concerned with their immediate need |
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Witness the man reaching up from the gutter |
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See the other one stumbling on who can not see" |
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With trembling hand I turned toward her |
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And pushed the hair out of her eyes |
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The kitten jumped back to her lap |
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As I sat sadly by her side |
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Then she drew the curtains down |
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And said, "When will you ever learn |
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That what happens there beyond the glass |
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Is simply none of your concern? |
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God has given you but one heart |
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You are not a home for the hearts of your brothers |
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And God does not care for your benevolence |
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Anymore than he cares for the lack of it in others |
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Nor does he care for you to sit |
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At windows in judgement of the world He created |
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While sorrows pile up around you |
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Ugly, useless and over-inflated" |
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At which she turned her head away |
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Great tears leaping from her eyes |
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I could not wipe the smile from my face |
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As I sat sadly by her side |
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As I sat sadly by her side |
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As I sat sadly by her side |
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As I sat sadly by her side |
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As I sat sadly by her side |