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As I sat sadly by her side At the window, through the glass She stroked a kitten in her lap And we watched the world as it fell past Softly she spoke these words to me With brand new eyes, open wide We pressed our faces to the glass As I sat sadly by her side She said, father, mother, sister, brother Uncle, aunt and nephew, niece Soldier, sailor, physician, laborer Actor, scientist, mechanic, priest Earth and moon and sun and stars And planets and comets with tails blazin' All are there forever fallin' Fallin' lovely and amazin' Then she smiled and turned to me And waited for me to reply Her hair was fallin' down her shoulders As I sat sadly by her side As I sat sadly by her side The kitten she did gently pass Over to me and again we pressed Our different faces to the glass That may be very well, I said But watch the one fallin' in the street See him gesture to his neighbors And see him trampled beneath their feet All outward motion connects to nothin' For each is concerned with their immediate need Witness the man reachin' up from the gutter See the other one stumblin' on who can not see With tremblin' hand I turned toward her And pushed the hair out of her eyes The kitten jumped back to her lap As I sat sadly by her side Then she drew the curtains down And said, oh, when will you ever learn? That what happens there beyond the glass Is simply none of your concern God has given you but one heart You are not a home for the hearts of your brothers And God does not care for your benevolence Anymore than he cares for the lack of it in others Nor does he care for you to sit At windows in judgment of the world He created While sorrows pile up around you Ugly, useless and over inflated At which she turned her head away Great tears leapin' from her eyes I could not wipe the smile from my face As I sat sadly by her side As I sat sadly by her side As I sat sadly by her side As I sat sadly by her side
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Artist: Nick Cave