Rosemarys Sister

	  		



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Mother of disaster     and sister of our fate 

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Do you count the tragedies we see? 

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Father of confusion    and brother of debate 

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Do you recall the sister of Rosemary? 

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The doodlebugs were flying and the blitz was at its high 
   
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Rosemary lay sleeping with her sister only five 

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And no one heard the one that hit, the one that blew the lid 

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Rosemary came out crying but her sister never did 

         
        
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And you fly high, and your dreams are all in vain 

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One moment you are singing and the next your crying in pain 

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But high above the heavens      on a host of angels' wings 

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Rosemary's sister will be da  -  ncing 


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Her mother cried all that year as many others did 

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She'd pull through for a moment, now and then    

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And the people down in Bethnel Street in the rubble and the stones 

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Swept up the street and started all again 

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When tyranny is biting you do your best to try 

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To stifle all your heartache till it's safe again to cry 

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And when at last the darkness clears and the sun comes shining through 

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You dust it off and start it all anew 



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And you fly high, and your dreams are all in vain 

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One moment you are singing and the next your crying in pain 

        
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But high above the heavens      on a host of angels' wings 

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Rosemary's sister will be da  -  ncing 


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There's a teacher in the classroom,   there's a mother in the hall 

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The children sit and wait for the bell for home 

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And Rosemary is waiting,   she has a child now of her own 

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And she's waiting to collect and take her home 

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But sometimes in the silence, in the firelight where she sits 

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Her mind goes back to Bethnel Street, to the darkness and the blitz 

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And she knows if there's another one, then the end will be complete, 

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Well, I wonder what they'd say in the Bethnel Street 


               
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And you fly high, and your dreams are all in vain 

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One moment you are singing and the next your crying in pain 

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But high above the heavens      on a host of angels' wings 

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Rosemary's sister will be da  -  ncing 



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