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Babe, We've Been Here Before

from Strange New State by Common Jack

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On the sidewalk I saw brother beg for water,
So I crossed and walked along the other side
& as I tried to think of places I was going,
He sat there all alone inside my mind.

Hold my breath again
Tread among amens.
Floating to the side
Of the great divide.
Drag me back to the shore,
Babe, we’ve been here before.

In the city there is something more forgotten,
Downtown her mind was lost and overthrown.
We tried hard to find our way back to each other
But through the silver glow our brother said “Child go home.”

& I fell through my phone
Just to find myself alone
Without the sweeter sounds
Of the singing towns.
Cut the line, burn every cord,
Babe, we’ve been here before.

On the campus I heard someone cry for mercy,
& I felt petty with yet another heavy sigh.
Cause the mothers stand in stillness in their gardens
As the flowers they have tended slowly die.

Hold me close my dear,
This is an ugly fear,
I thought we had known
Not to throw that stone.
Shut the blinds, close every door,
Babe, we’ve been here before.

On the highway we saw long forgotten tread marks
We saw monuments to the ruined reverie.
So we walked along the road until the sunrise
Burned a hole into our brains to set us free.

& I saw my face
In that crowded place
It was tossed away
With a fearful name.
The rose will bear its thorns
In the dirt from which it was born
& it shakes me down to my core
Cause babe, we’ve been here before.

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from Strange New State, released September 9, 2016

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