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The Gutter….
Haven’t thought about you much lately
But that doesn’t mean that I forgot
Before we know it the time will come
Time to relive it all, and give it all we’ve got
I want you to know that my stance will never fall short
It won’t, with time, blend to grey in any way
No amount of money that you borrow from other people
Will erase it or take it away
No verdict, either way, in our favor or yours
Will change the scars that you’ve left
So don’t plan on counting the fees to your Attorney
As the way that you have paid your debt
It’s not my fault that when you abused us
You didn’t leave a hefty receipt on all those days
Because if you had I’d be able to show everybody
The monumental price we have paid
The truth, you see, is priceless
It doesn’t live in refinancing and begging
You might more likely find the courage
If you fall to your knees and start praying
You’re so protected every time the date gets pushed back
More time to stay silent and hide
More time to stand still and keep everyone waiting
More time to keep it all inside
More time to control your wife
More time to control your kids
More time to deny and cry and whine
About the things that you know you did!
You see, it’s supposed to be hard
When you’ve messed up this bad
It’s supposed to change your life
You did risk everything you have
So stop playing the victim
Like we did this to you
What you did to us was ruthless
As now I will be to you.
Or should I stop and think before I type
About how my words might make you feel?
I was taught by you to do what I want to others
And to leave them in the gutter, all alone, to heal.
8/23/03
Haven’t thought about you much lately
But that doesn’t mean that I forgot
Before we know it the time will come
Time to relive it all, and give it all we’ve got
I want you to know that my stance will never fall short
It won’t, with time, blend to grey in any way
No amount of money that you borrow from other people
Will erase it or take it away
No verdict, either way, in our favor or yours
Will change the scars that you’ve left
So don’t plan on counting the fees to your Attorney
As the way that you have paid your debt
It’s not my fault that when you abused us
You didn’t leave a hefty receipt on all those days
Because if you had I’d be able to show everybody
The monumental price we have paid
The truth, you see, is priceless
It doesn’t live in refinancing and begging
You might more likely find the courage
If you fall to your knees and start praying
You’re so protected every time the date gets pushed back
More time to stay silent and hide
More time to stand still and keep everyone waiting
More time to keep it all inside
More time to control your wife
More time to control your kids
More time to deny and cry and whine
About the things that you know you did!
You see, it’s supposed to be hard
When you’ve messed up this bad
It’s supposed to change your life
You did risk everything you have
So stop playing the victim
Like we did this to you
What you did to us was ruthless
As now I will be to you.
Or should I stop and think before I type
About how my words might make you feel?
I was taught by you to do what I want to others
And to leave them in the gutter, all alone, to heal.
8/23/03
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