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Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds( Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds )
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As I Sat Sadly By Her Side
As I sat sadly by her side<br /> At the window, through the glass<br /> She stroked a kitten in her lap<br /> And we watched the world as it fell past<br /> <br /> Softly she spoke these words to me<br /> With brand new eyes, open wide<br /> We pressed our faces to the glass<br /> As I sat sadly by her side<br /> <br /> She said, father, mother, sister, brother<br /> Uncle, aunt and nephew, niece<br /> Soldier, sailor, physician, laborer<br /> Actor, scientist, mechanic, priest<br /> <br /> Earth and moon and sun and stars<br /> And planets and comets with tails blazin'<br /> All are there forever fallin'<br /> Fallin' lovely and amazin'<br /> <br /> Then she smiled and turned to me<br /> And waited for me to reply<br /> Her hair was fallin' down her shoulders<br /> As I sat sadly by her side<br /> <br /> As I sat sadly by her side<br /> The kitten she did gently pass<br /> Over to me and again we pressed<br /> Our different faces to the glass<br /> <br /> That may be very well, I said<br /> But watch the one fallin' in the street<br /> See him gesture to his neighbors<br /> And see him trampled beneath their feet<br /> <br /> Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com All outward motion connects to nothin'<br /> For each is concerned with their immediate need<br /> Witness the man reachin' up from the gutter<br /> See the other one stumblin' on who can not see<br /> <br /> With tremblin' hand I turned toward her<br /> And pushed the hair out of her eyes<br /> The kitten jumped back to her lap<br /> As I sat sadly by her side<br /> <br /> Then she drew the curtains down<br /> And said, oh, when will you ever learn?<br /> That what happens there beyond the glass<br /> Is simply none of your concern<br /> <br /> God has given you but one heart<br /> You are not a home for the hearts of your brothers<br /> And God does not care for your benevolence<br /> Anymore than he cares for the lack of it in others<br /> <br /> Nor does he care for you to sit<br /> At windows in judgment of the world He created<br /> While sorrows pile up around you<br /> Ugly, useless and over inflated<br /> <br /> At which she turned her head away<br /> Great tears leapin' from her eyes<br /> I could not wipe the smile from my face<br /> As I sat sadly by her side<br /> <br /> As I sat sadly by her side<br /> As I sat sadly by her side<br /> As I sat sadly by her side
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