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IT WAS ONLY A SONG

from Semantic Expansion by Bill White

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i spend my nights
in grey and blue
lost in the sky
remembering you

life was long
and then it was wrong
or maybe i was wrong
it was only a song

i was chewing your cud
now i am coughing up blood
just because you are scared
doesnt mean you cared

she tells me that she cares
but love is more than being scared
im on a guerney, there she goes
how can she dance on arthritic toes?

babies give birth
some die and never bloom
some die in childbirth
some give birth in the tomb

some are dry as cactus
split open in the sun
others wet as rainfall
in the barrel of a gun

i ask her a question
she treats me like toast
maybe she would answer
if i were a ghost

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from Semantic Expansion, released August 20, 2023
written and performed by bill white

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