FIVE YEARS

 
PUSHING THROUGH THE MARKET SQUARE       SO MANY MOTHERS SIGHING
 
NEWS HAD JUST COME OVER    WE HAVE FIVE YEARS LEFT TO CRY IN
 
NEWS GUY WEPT WHEN HE TOLD US     EARTH WAS REALLY DYING
 
CRIED SO MUCH HIS FACE WAS WET THEN I KNEW HE WAS NOT LYING
    
I      HEARD TELEPHONE OPERA HOUSE FAVOURITE MELODIES
  
I SAW BOYS TOYS ELECTRIC IRONS AND T.V.'S
 
MY BRAIN HURT LIKE A WAREHOUSE IT HAD NO ROOM TO SPARE
 
I HAD TO  CRAM SO MANY THINGS TO STORE EVERYTHING IN THERE
                                                                                                             
AND ALL THE FAT SKINNY PEOPLE   AND ALL THE TALL SHORT PEOPLE
                                                                                            
AND ALL THE NOBODY PEOPLE    AND ALL THE SOMEBODY PEOPLE
 
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE SO MANY PEOPLE
 
 

A GIRL MY AGE WENT OFF HER HEAD HIT SOME TINY CHILDREN

IF THE BLACK HAD NOT PULLED HER OFF I THINK SHE WOULD HAVE KILLED

THEM

A SOLDIER WITH A BROKEN ARM FIXED HIS STARE TO THE WHEELS OF A

CADILAC

A COP KNELT AND KISSED THE FEET OF A PRIEST AND A QUEER THREW UP

AT THE SIGHT OF THAT

I THINK I SAW YOU IN AN ICE-CREAM PARLOUR DRINKING MILK SHAKES

COLD AND LONG

SMILING AND WAVING AND LOOKING SO FINE  DON'T THINK YOU KNEW

YOU WERE IN THIS SONG

AND IT WAS COLD AND IT RAINED SO I FELT LIKE AN ACTOR

AND I THOUGHT OF MA  AND I WANTED TO GET BACK THERE

YOUR FACE YOUR RACE THE WAY THAT YOU TALK

I KISS YOU  YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL I WANT YOU TO WALK

WE GOT FIVE YEARS    STUCK ON MY EYES

FIVE YEARS WHAT A SURPRISE

WE GOT FIVE YEARS MY BRAIN HURTS A LOT

FIVE YEARS THAT'S ALL WE GOT

WE GOT FIVE YEARS   WHAT A SURPRISE

FIVE YEARS STUCK ON MY EYES

WE GOT FIVE YEARS MY BRAIN HURTS A LOT

FIVE YEARS THAT'S ALL WE GOT

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