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Sheets of empt

             
y canvas, unto

            
uched sheets o

   
f clay
             
Were laid spre

             
ad out before 

          
me as her body

 once did
 
 
           
All five horiz

            
ons revolved a

        
round her soul

 as the earth 

to the sun
           
Now the air I 

              
tasted and bre

         
athed has take

n a turn
 
 
          
Hmmmm, and all

           
   I taught he

        
r was         

       
  everything
        
Hmmmm, I know 

             
 she gave me a

        
ll        that

 
 she wore
 
 
           
And now my bit

ter hands,
      
Chafe beneath 

clouds
            
Of what was ev

erything
        
Oh, the pictur

es
              
Have all been 


washed in blac

k
              
Tattooed every

 
thing
 
 
           
I take a walk 

            
outside I'm su

           
rrounded by so

me kids at pla

y
            
Oh, I can feel

             
 their laughte

     
r so, why do I

 sear
 
 
          
Hmmmm, and twi

           
sted thoughts 

         
that spin     

         
   'round my h

ead, I'm spinn

ing, oh
             
I'm spinning, 

        
How quick the 

        
sun can       

      
 drop away
 
 
           
And now my bit

ter hands
       
Cradle broken 

glass
              
Of what was ev

  
erything
        
All the pictur

es have
         
All been washe

d in black
             
Tattooed every


thing
        
All the love g

one bad
          
Turned my worl

d to black
              
And tattooed a

    
ll I see,
         
All that I am,
         
All I'll be
 
 
          
  Yeah  Uh huh

         
  Uh huh
 
 
  
I know someday

 you'll have a

 beautiful lif

e,
             
I know you'll 

              
be a star in s

 
omebody elses 

sky
            
But why, why, 

            
why can't it b

e,
             
Why can't it b

               
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