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John Francis
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"Surrender!" sang the nightingale, peeled his paint chipped windowsill
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He took at as an omen and a sign to leave his window open all the time
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"Mary Full of Grace," he prayed as he drank every dime he made
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Wait to watch the sunset at horizon like a light
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Like a giant matchstick strikes the sky
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He watched this whole world, world catch fire
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Victor raised on Mercy Street stickball in the city heat
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Fireworks displayed out on the Fourth of July
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He got his father's drugs and his mother's pride
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Got HIV in "˜89 at a party down on 3rd and Vine
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Now he sells his body down on Juniper and Pine
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Look through you with is clear blue eyes
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And watch this whole world, world catch fire
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Oil slick and silver sleeves sedatives and TV scream
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Lady Justice in the stable where the table sat to dine
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But she's breaking bread with the swine
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And the crooked king makes paupers bleed
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"God bless his guns," the papers read
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Glory, glory, glory! War and love are fair and blind
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Close your eyes and pledge allegiance to prime time
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And watch this whole world, world catch fire
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Isabella she was a refugee in Philadelphia's new century
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Met her husband Diego on the unemployment line
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He did not speak ingles and his face was cut
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And Diego worked in the factories "˜til recruited overseas
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With a promise they placed him to the firing line
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He died with one question in his mind
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How did this whole world, world catch fire?
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How did this whole world, world catch fire?
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