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Intro:     X2     X2

Verse 1:
            
A tenement, a 

              
dirty street, 


walked and wor

n by shoeless 

feet
            
Inside it's lo

              
ng and so comp

            
lete, watched 

              
by a shivering

 
 sun
            
Old eyes in a 

              
small child's 

     
face watching 

as the shadows

 race
            
Through walls 

              
and cracks tha

              
t leave no tra

            
ce and dayligh

              
t's brightness

 
 shun

Chorus:
          
     The days 

            
of Pearly Spen

          
cer, ah hah, t

              
he race is alm

     
ost run

Verse 2:
            
Nose pressed h

              
ard on frosted

       
 glass gazing 

as the swollen

 mass
            
On concrete fi

              
elds where gro

            
ws no grass st

              
umbles blindly

 
 on
            
Iron trees smo

              
ther the air b

   
ut withering, 

they stand and

 stare
            
Through eyes t

              
hat neither kn

            
ow nor care wh

              
ere the grass 

    
has gone

Chorus:
          
     The days 

            
of Pearly Spen

          
cer, ah hah, T

              
he race is alm

     
ost run

Verse 3:
            
Pearly where's

              
 your milk whi

         
te skin, what'

s that stubble

 on your chin
            
It's buried in

              
 the rot gut g

            
in, you played

              
 and lost not 


won
            
You played a h

              
ouse that can'

              
t be beat, now

 
 look your hea

d's bowed in d

efeat
            
You walked too

              
 far along the

              
 street where 

            
only rats can 


run

Chorus:
          
     The days 

            
of Pearly Spen

          
cer, ah hah, t

              
he race is alm

     
ost run

Chorus:
          
     The days 

            
of Pearly Spen

          
cer, ah hah, t

              
he race is alm

            
ost run, the r

              
ace is almost 

 
run

Break:   X2 

Verse 4:
            
A tenement, a 

              
dirty street, 


remember worn 

and shoeless f

eet
            
Remember how y

              
ou stood to be

            
at the way you

           
r life had gon

e
            
So Pearly don'

              
t you shed mor

        
e tears for th

ose best forgo

tten years
            
Those tenement

              
s are memories

            
 of where you'

         
ve risen from

Chorus:
          
     The days 

            
of Pearly Spen

          
cer, ah hah, t

              
he race is alm

     
ost won