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. //// •'|| <> / ( ( \ / \ ( yeah ) CHILD ride Ride the rails /// they gonna start in again with the lynching and ****** in the jails (/) hear the little girl Telling her boyfriend That she's So Sorry! ( & won't he come back again ) ;;;; Amid the real suffering She seems like she's lost her head )?( ! )?( ! Oh my dear children You are so condemned To a life of bread and water And a metal bed ////// ~~~~~~~ ////// The chance for love is NOW & it won't come back again • • • soft seed Our love So deep the soil and we pray for water It don't matter none These love games We live or die together ( and " together " Is Surely what we ain't ) ;;; YOU BE SMELLING WHAT IM STEPPING IN ? ( ehh ?? ) • So dear children You know what to do And you know you better Start doing it real soon
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Oct 24, 2015
Oct 24, 2015 at 8:51 PM UTC
... oh -- ( my son ) / ( oh daughter ) -- my love ...
. //// •'|| <> / ( ( \ / \ ( yeah ) CHILD ride Ride the rails /// they gonna start in again with the lynching and ****** in the jails (/) hear the little girl Telling her boyfriend That she's So Sorry! ( & won't he come back again ) ;;;; Amid the real suffering She seems like she's lost her head )?( ! )?( ! Oh my dear children You are so condemned To a life of bread and water And a metal bed ////// ~~~~~~~ ////// The chance for love is NOW & it won't come back again • • • soft seed Our love So deep the soil and we pray for water It don't matter none These love games We live or die together ( and " together " Is Surely what we ain't ) ;;; YOU BE SMELLING WHAT IM STEPPING IN ? ( ehh ?? ) • So dear children You know what to do And you know you better Start doing it real soon
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Oct 24, 2015
Oct 24, 2015 at 8:51 PM UTC
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