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20070123 - At Second Sight

from The Song Diary I by Paleo

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AT SECOND SIGHT


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The curtains rise on a mansion
built on an Indian burial ground,
nested in the tusks of an ash white cedar tree,
the cinders of its shadow worm around.

Enter Milli with her broken heart,
dropping dishes in the kitchen in tears,
blocking PJ with a thin grin writing
"never" backwards on a fogged up mirror.


Mm hm, mm hm.


PJ's Ghost

I was murdered by my little, old lady.
Love was never all that kind to me in life.
Now I'm dripping blood from the ceiling,
and inexplicably shutting off lights.


Uh-huh, uh-huh.


Milli's Ghost

I put out my lights in the bathtub,
despairing that I'd never find a man.
Now I haunt the water, folks wake up to me crying.
I will only show my face in photographs.


Yes sir, yes sir.


Both Ghosts

Honey, my life was hard before I found you.
Honey, my life was hard.


PJ's Ghost
I have known the worst of it.
Milli's Ghost
I have known no light.
PJ's Ghost
I have walked the widow's walk.
Milli's Ghost
Two steps at a time.
PJ's Ghost
But when I look in your heart of hearts.
Milli's Ghost
Although it hurts my eyes.
Both Ghosts
I believe in love.
I believe in love at second sight.
I believe in love at second sight.

PJ's Ghost
I do.
Milli's Ghost
I do.
Both Ghosts
I do.


Chorus

The lights go out on the mansion
built on a burial ground.
PJ and Milli haunted happily ever after,
their engagement was the talk of this town.

So don't forget about love after living,
if things aren't working out for you in life,
just take the case of the ghosts of Decatur,
theirs was true at second sight.


Mm hm, mm hm.




DAS - Decatur, Illinois, USA

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from The Song Diary I, released April 15, 2007

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