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Moment I Try
03:17
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All of nineteen, barely old enough to be
all that I see in that baggage claim seat.
Crying girl child on her lap, no ride in sight.
Calling mama for money she ain't got. Try to do what's right
Moment I try try try
Moment I try try try
Moment I try try try
Moment I try try try
If she's afraid, you can't see it on her face.
"We'll be okay, just gotta get to his place.
He got too drunk to come and get us so we'll go there.
Have to try one more time for her sake, but I'm aware."
Moment I try try try
Moment I try try try
Moment I try try try
Moment I try try try
She says "he only hit me that one time," an hour into the drive.
I say, "I'll turn this car around now. Get you out alive."
Moment I try
She says, "I know him sober. Gotta help him survive.
I know he wants to change. Love will keep us alive."
Moment I try
Moment I
Moment I try
Moment I try
All of nineteen, barely old enough to be
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Tears on the Pavement
03:19
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Somebody said there were tears on the pavement.
Tear on the pavement, my whole nation cried.
Somebody said they were angels in heaven.
Angels in heaven, those people who died.
I can believe there were tears on the pavement.
Mixed with the wreckage and ashes they fall.
I can believe they are angels in heaven.
But why did it have to happen at all.
When they went looking, they found a survivor.
Found a survivor, I know what they found.
Hiding beneath all the wreckage inside her.
Someone whose life just emerged from the ground.
I can believe there were tears on the pavement.
Mixed with the wreckage and ashes they fall.
I can believe they are angels in heaven.
But why did it have to happen at all.
All round the world all the nations were weeping.
All through the night came their prayers and their songs.
All round the world there were tears on the pavement.
They knew what had happened was horribly wrong.
On the street corner a woman was crying
Woman was crying, her hands on her head.
Under the wreckage, her true love was buried.
She looked at me, and this was what she said.
Here I am pouring my tears on the pavement.
Mixed with the wreckage and ashes they fall.
I can believe he's an angel in heaven.
But why did it have to happen?
Why did God have to take him?
Why did God let this happen at all?
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Tae Phoenix Seattle, Washington
protest singer • queer disabled latina jew • conditionally white class traitor • she / ella
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