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Posted: Sun Jun 20th, 2010 05:19 pm |
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Thanks to the extremely helpful feedback, I edited this song aggresively. I also now have a tune for the entire song and I believe it is holding together nicely when I sing it. As always, more feedback is appreciated. Weep the Weep of a Widow (ver 2) (c) 2010 Amber Train WEEP THE WEEP OF A WIDOW: V1 We wed just a week before he left for Parris Island Then I packed up and headed south to LeJeune child was in my belly we really didn’t have a plan no crib, don’t worry, combat pay’s coming soon I watched as he set off on that ship to Afghanistan, A woman beside me stood protestin in a chant Bridge: Then she turned and said somethin I didn't understand, she said girl, if you’re lucky . . . Chorus: You’ll weep the weep of a widow, Then You’ll cry into your pillow You’ll be able to wash away your sorrow You’ll be able to start anew tomorrow V2: I’d long sit and watch the television anxious for news Letters came some, I didn’t know him anymore All the pieces he left out of them, it left me confused I knew he’s just tryn to protect me from war One day a captain calls and tells me he’s hurt but survived then he’s home in a wheelchair, a babe again others told me so many died you’re lucky he’s alive although a shell of a man, filled up with pain And, Bridge: I remember she said softly I couldn’t barely hear, she said girl, if you’re lucky Chorus: You’ll weep the weep of a widow You’ll cry into your pillow, then You’ll be able to wash away your sorrow, and Somehow you’ll start anew tomorrow V3: I used to iron his uniform and polish his boots Now I change his clothes and feed him his food When the pills put him to sleep I sit and swing on the porch The moon glows soft – a ghost of romance’s torch And I think of his eyes, all scared and angry and sorry And I know if he could speak, he'd say darkly Chorus: I wish you coulda wept the weep of a widow You could’ve cried into your pillow then you could’ve washed away your sorrow and you could’ve started anew tomorrow. And when I look deep, its hard but its true, I do wish, often, I’z a widow starting anew Last edited on Wed Jun 23rd, 2010 05:42 pm by alytrain ____________________ "If not now, when?" Fred Eaglesmith |
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