Ntozake Nelson

	  		
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Oh no, another day begins 

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Calenders and wristwatches are counting down my sins 

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Construction trucks outside are piling up the years 

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After 25 the brides leave the single girls in tears 

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God bless them, god bless them all 

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'Cause we've heard about what happens when their engine stalls 

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The tallest ones are mauled in the falls of the Midwest 
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The quiet ones are farmed out to businessmen's requests 

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And osteoperosis gets the rest 

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They'll remember her best as charming and good-looking 

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Though they wouldn't take her now for all the beer in Brooklyn 

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Her cooking is her pride but she sits alone for dinner 

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In the dark under faded posters of Lew Alcindor 

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The local red-eyed bottles have settled in for the winter 

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But you won't see me there 

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I can't raise my glass and the others never cared 

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I'll drink my morning coffee without Irish and I will make amends 

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I miss the bottle I miss my friends, I miss the bottle I miss my friends