End of the War

from Hard Work by Hot Left Pole

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the kids are throwing stones at the bride and groom
i'm playing the piano in a bombed-out room
she's standing by the window taking a photograph
i hope the war doesn't end too fast

there's a little bit of hope in everything you touch
i pulled on the rope - it didn't do that much
they're protesting the government in london town
i'm gonna go and have a look around

all the old folks keep saying it's a different world
overaged men with underaged girls
i don't even know what you expect me to do
i only came here cos you asked me to

and i'm not the doctor - i'm the doctor's son
i can be the doctor til the real one comes
that dead bird'll open up its mouth and sing
i can waste all day not doing anything

in the market square where the pensioners sit
the pockmarked pigeons peck on their own shit
there's a man going round and he's calling your name
i was dead before and i'll be dead again

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from Hard Work, released April 18, 2022

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