Residents - Devotion? lyrics

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Shortly after I first met them, something that I said upset them and<br />

Perhaps we should have parted then. I was saying how important that they<br />

Were and what a fortune could be made if they would let me try. But I did<br />

Not understand why they took in and had to stand by those who were so<br />

Worthless to them both. Then they got extremely angry, shouting that the<br />

Seedy gang behind them may not have much value in my eyes...but they were<br />

People and were needing what we give and if you see them like you see some<br />

Roaches on the floor, then the sad one must be you who sees himself as too<br />

Good to do something for the weak or ones with warts. You disdain and<br />

Criticize someone who has been compromised but really have no values of<br />

Your own, so maybe you should leave and find some, steal or beg or maybe<br />

Buy some from a smiling banker or a store. At first I was too shocked to<br />

Believe they would suggest that I should levae, and what was even worse<br />

Was that I saw that they preferrred their gutter rutting friends above my<br />

Smugly strutting. And I admit it stunned and humbled me. So I begged and<br />

Then beseeched them, "Let me stay and you could teach some sense into this<br />

Tired old mind of mine." And of course we reconciled with hugging arms and<br />

Tugging smiles that left me more secure, but still in doubt. I truly loved<br />

And felt devotion for them both, but I was broken up and feeling powerless<br />

Inside. I must become important to them, intertwined with roots into them,<br />

Or else I'd loose my false and newfound pride.<br />

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