Posted by Kath on January 1, 2008, at 10:42:32
In reply to Re: You just never know... » Michael83, posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on December 30, 2007, at 2:32:01
WOW - is that ever powerful!
Who wrote that?
Just shows you never know - we can NEVER know why others are like they are.
Kath
We've all seen a man at the liquor store beggin' for your change
> The hair on his face is dirty, dread-locked, and full of mange
> He asks a man for what he could spare, with shame in his eyes
> "Get a job you f*ck*ng slob," is all he replies
> God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes
> 'Cause then you really might know what
> it's like to sing the blues
>
> Chorus
> Then you really might know what it's like...(x4)
>
> Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom that said he was in love
> He said, "Don't worry about a thing, baby doll
> I'm the man you've been dreaming of."
> But 3 months later he say he won't date her or return her calls
> And she swear, "God damn, if I find that
> man I'm cuttin' off his balls."
> And then she heads for the clinic and
> she gets some static walking through the door
> They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner
> and they call her a whore
> God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes
> 'Cause then you really might know what
> it's like to have to choose
>
> I knew this kid named Max
> who used to get fat stacks out on the corner with drugs
> He liked to hang out late
> he liked to get sh*t-faced and keepin' pace with thugs
> Until late one night there was a big gun
> fight and Max lost his head
> He pulled out his chrome .45, talked
> some sh*t, and wound up dead
> Now his wife and his kids are caught in
> the midst of all of this pain
> You know it comes that way
> at least that's what they say when you play the game
> God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news
> 'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose
>
> Then you really might know what it's like...
> Then you really might know what it's like...
> Then you really might know what it's like...to have to lose
>
>
poster:Kath
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