Tonart: A minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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As I sat sadly by her side
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At the window, through the glass
She stroked a kitten in her lap
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And we watched the world
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as it fell past
Softly she spoke these words to me
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And with brand new eyes,
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open wide
We pressed our faces to the glass
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As I sat sadly by her side
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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She said, "Father, mother,
Uncle, aunt, nephew, niece
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Soldier, sailor, physician, labourer
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Actor, scientist, mechanic, priest
Earth and moon and sun and stars
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Planets and comets with tails blazing
All are there forever falling
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Falling lovely and amaz
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ing"
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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Then she smiled and turned to me
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And waited for me to reply
Her hair was falling down her shoulders
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As I sat sadly by her side
Interlude 3
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Verse 4
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As I sat sadly by her side
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The kitten she did gently pass
Over to me and again we pressed
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Our indifferent faces to
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the glass
"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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neath 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
Interlude 4
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Verse 5
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With trembling hand I turned toward her
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And pushed the hair out of
The kitten jumped back to her lap
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As I sat sadly by her side
Interlude 5
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Verse 6
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Then she drew the curtains down
That what happens there beyond the glass
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Is simply none of your concern?
God has given you but one heart
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You are not a home for the
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hearts of your brothers
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And God don't care for
your benevolence
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"
Verse 8
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At 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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