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08./// The You I
knew.
God bless the good old days,
though they seldom stay,
Blink my eyes and the earth had given way,
To the ship-wrecked actors
with the poisoned minds
Packed in the streets,
like dead birds in a mine.
Shamrock Sam, was a sweet-talkin man,
he wowed the white-washed women
with his velvet tan
How he got to you baby,
that's a mystery,
but its time you opened your eyes,
cuz it kills me you can't see.
What happened to the you I
knew?
What happened to you?
God bless the time we had,
though gone like a fad,
I'm an eight hundred pound gorilla,
and I'm fightin mad.
Like a refugee from some forgotten era,
you've woke a sleeping giant,
unleashed unholy terror.
Uptown Annie had a taste for men's souls,
Like a spider in a web,
waiting to suck you cold.
How she got to you baby,
that's a mystery,
But its time you opened your eyes-
cuz it kills me you can't see.
What happened to the you I
knew?
What happened to you?
God bless the blessed saints
who speak the truth,
Innocent beyond their youth.
The manic A.D.D. balladeers,
spouting pleasant nonsense in our ears
but for every heart that shines bright,
theres a desperate man
who lurks somewhere in the night.
How she got to you baby,
that's a mystery,
But its time you opened your eyes-
cuz it kills me you can't see.
What happened to the you I
knew?
What happened to you?
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