Sweet Magdeline
lyrics
here we sit again adn tales begin to spin
about the things that we've done and seen
stories of wine glutton and glory
and the occassional altered dreams
appetite for memories grow
as the sunshine begins to fade across the hill
it's the same old story lurking righ there in the shade
just as a child with bright eyes and a smile
laughter was all she knew
mama was away and all papa did was pray
so the wanderlust slowly grew
she spread her wings and a couple of other things
for the medicine man downtown with his bottle
of elixer he said that he could fix her
and soon she was going down

(chorus) and everything begins to look the same
feel the burn from the same old evil flame
we watched her fall from sweet and kind
and i wish she could come back sweet magdeline

she was gone on a bad trip
followed by a needle and a silver spoon
mama sat and cried and papa told us lies
said she'd be back real soon
suddenly the seasons changed from fall back to the spring
answers live like peasants here
when the questions reign as king

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