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Dirge #3
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Two women's lives wasted, a child's life is forever changed
All because a drunk neglects to hookup the safety chains
To witnesses and rescue teams that were on the scene
How they look at life and death will never be the same
refrain
We all gotta go
Gotta give up the soul
We all gotta go sometime
When it's our time, God only knows
We all gotta go sometime
A couple put their life's work and savings into their store
Workin' night and day 'til their feet an' backs were sore
One night at closin' time a masked man broke the door
He leaves with the money, his clothes covered in their gore
A kid goes off to college and feels alienated
He seeks acceptance but ends up self-medicated
Through a dirty needle a virus enters his body unabated
He wasted away 'til his will to live faded
An old man drops his bald head and falls asleep in his chair
Sometimes his pale blue eyes are open but he's not there
Surrounded by friends and family all he can do is stare
Finally his body gives up the soul it can no longer bear
Phil Oslund
October 1997
This song is very personal. Two of the verses are about family members.