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The world does not care
The world
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does not care
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if your days and nights
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are torn asunder
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by the crimes and tragic mi
11
Nov 8, 2010
I hear, now,
I hear, now,
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the traffic of time
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speeding on into
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the gaping black-hole
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of the avaricious /
13
Nov 8, 2010
Ireland
Land of pain
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and complaints
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teaching it's young
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the miserable lessons of failure
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and injusti
41
Nov 8, 2010
Femme Fatale
Distance stretched
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the length of our nearness
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that time in the park, the Phoenix Park,
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when th
18
Nov 5, 2010
Come into my heart forever,
Come into my heart forever,
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horizontally and vertically
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to the greatest distances and heights. /
20
Oct 31, 2010
When I am as
When I am as
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a rusty frame resting
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in the dump
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of it's own miserable present
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I can but hope
13
Oct 28, 2010
With the ever increasing tempo
With the ever increasing tempo
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of time sprinting forward,
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like a thoroughbred gone frantic down
6
Oct 27, 2010
A girl up the way
A girl up the way
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has entered puberty.
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One day she wears
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the most outlandish clothes and colou
25
Oct 19, 2010
There is a woman,
There is a woman,
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so kind and great of heart,
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who visits our church.
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From Eastern Europe
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she
18
Oct 15, 2010
Django on your radio
The cue - the cue - the cue
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for a joyful entry
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Django on your radio
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lures him dancing through
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Oct 12, 2010
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