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I Saw a Woman on the Otherside of the Boulevard

from Graceland by Cigarette Smoking Man

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When we are young
We know not how or when or why
We're simply taught to comply

They retain us with fear
"Your family son, has not a dime
but your servitude, for their crimes"

And so, our hearts become bricks
Heavy, bland and without a beat
left to strife, to make ends meet

And we become old
Remaining days, sparse and numbered
and to ourselves, we're left to ponder

And she was young
Somewhere near age four or five
Fathoming, how to survive

She gazed in my eyes
asked me "What's it like to die?"
The question took me by surprise

She stared down my soul
My face was blank, heart at a halt
Wanting to know, who was at fault?

I had no words just a thought
I know my days are sparse and numbered
When we are young
We know not how or when or why
We're simply taught to comply

They retain us with fear
"Your family son, has not a dime
but your servitude, for their crimes"

And so, our hearts become bricks
Heavy, bland and without a beat
left to strife, to make ends meet

And we become old
Remaining days, sparse and numbered
and to ourselves, we're left to ponder

And she was young
Somewhere near age four or five
Fathoming, how to survive

She gazed in my eyes
asked me "What's it like to die?"
The question took me by surprise

She stared down my soul
My face was blank, heart at a halt
Wanting to know, who was at fault?

I had no words just a thought
I know my days are sparse and numbered
By this child, left to wonder.....

What's it like on the other side?
I saw a woman on the other side.
Are the grasses green?
Rivers pristine?
Death to the queen?
Who keeps us unseen? child, left to wonder.....

What's it like on the other side?
I saw a woman on the other side.
Are the grasses green?
Rivers pristine?
Death to the queen?
Who keeps us unseen?

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from Graceland, released September 1, 2018
Cigarette Smoking Man

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