Residents - Their Early Years lyrics

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Once when we were on a bus between some cities we discussed the things<br />

That happened in their early years. Their youngest time was spent alone<br />

While living with an uncle only half remaining from a foreign war. His<br />

Upper half was wel enough, but in the pants between his cuffs where his<br />

Zipper stopped, his legs were gone. And so he rolled around on wheels,<br />

Self sufficient in a peeling little house he could not paint again. But it<br />

Was spotless to the point of two feet above the floor and warmth was in<br />

His laugh and in his smiling face. The people that they met were few and<br />

Might have been disturbed by two who looked so strange, but they were not<br />

Aware. For living with their stumpy uncle, who was unconcerned and<br />

Rumpled, made them see things differently. They thought that we were put<br />

Together randomly, just like the weather, with no uniformity in mind. But<br />

That vision only lasted for a while until he passed away and they were<br />

Sent off to a home. The children there did not have parents, were all<br />

Alike and always staring, as they sat on chairs above the ground. So they<br />

Cried and then with drew fromhose that shouted, laughed and who were mean<br />

Because of suffering inside. Once alone they heard some children shouting<br />

That a car had killed one of their pets out in the road ahead. As they<br />

Approached the fallen body, blood appeared and then they saw a leg that<br />

Had been torn away somehow. So they kneeled upon the ground and lifted up<br />

The leg they found and wedged it gently just below the spot where both<br />

Their shoulders joined together. Then the sun, which had been setting,<br />

Winked and for a moment all was dark. And when the sun returned above<br />

Them, no one laughed and made fun of them, for the dog was licking at the<br />

Joint, barking loud and resurrected and causing them to be respected by<br />

Those who had avoided them before.<br />

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