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An Apartment for Albert

Theres an old man downstairs dying

 

Fading like the sun

 

 

Outside there’s babies crying

 

Songs that must be sung

 

 

Old clock it keeps on ticking

 

Until time it-selfs undone

 

 

When the angel rests its weary head

 

There’s no more bullets in the gun

 

 

 

Like a headline on your face

 

We know the time has come

 

 

All burdens must be lifted

 

All battles can’t be won

 

 

By any mortal man

 

Thats basked under the sun

 

 

Or any creature flown on air

 

Or any fish thats ever swum

 

 

 

Sorry there’s no answers

 

For anyone to seek

 

 

The world they say it goes

 

From the mighty to the meek

 

 

So believe in shiny diamonds

 

That can be sifted from the creek

 

 

Then polished and made substantial

 

Simply strong instead of weak.

 

 

 

Somewhere the rain must go- the way a river finds the sea

 

Heartbeats are like seasons- may they forever rest in peace.

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