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died of consumption too,<br />
his attention and letters was nice at first,<br />
but he was so old,<br />
thirty years difference in age,<br />
I was tired,<br />
and he wouldn’t give up, and he did have money<br />
and promises, and he did offer love,<br />
was I fool to not think twice about children,<br />
I am sorry they came when they did,<br />
but my head was not clear,<br />
filled with voices, voices, voices,<br />
so disturbing, I couldn’t think<br />
and I’d be damned if I’d put them up for adoption,<br />
no matter what that preacher said,<br />
and I know the talk behind your back<br />
and a man twice your age,<br />
and the land deals and swindles,<br />
and the gambling,<br />
but I was tired, and the voices<br />
wouldn’t stop<br />
you take care of your own<br />
where I come from,<br />
if you know what I mean,<br />
if you know what I mean<br />
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