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Sparrows Point
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Sparrows Point è stato pubblicato il 1 gennaio 1992 da Shanachie come parte dell'album Sparrows Point
1 gennaio 1992
EtichettaShanachie
LinguaEnglish
BPM145
Melodicità
Acousticità
Valence
Ballabilità
Energia

Testi

My name is William Taylor
And I was born in '24
Too late to know the great fallen
But in time to know the great fall
When my father died of money
And my mother lived in spite
We laughed when nothing was funny
And how we wept when nothing was left
So I left her there in Boomtown
When I reached fifteen years
And I traveled mostly northeast
With my head held mostly down
'Cause they said there was more in Baltimore
Where those shipyards never close
You can sell the man your labor
And send the money home
And Broadway found me penniless
And the mission found me last
They gave me a coat and three days rest
And when I awoke and left
A shroud of steam surrounded me
And I was borne away
And I found myself at Sparrow's Point
With a slingshot in my hand
And standing there around me
Were two thousand idle hands
Their heads bowed low, their hopes not high
Their hearts weaned of their homes
Their pockets full of photographs
Their eyes full of goodbyes
I took my place among my kind
And I held my place in line
And now I'm twenty-one and well employed
I send home most my pay
Which leaves plenty left for cigarettes
To help me pass the days
And with beloved friends surrounding me
The cold streets so far away
Three days west of Normandy
With a rifle in my hand
Written by: Richard Shindell
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