Vienna Teng - In Another Life lyrics

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In another life<br>

You and I worked West Virginia coal mines<br>

Side by side<br>

Collecting the black dust like sin<br>

The day the main shaft caved in<br>

I caught your eye<br>

As the lantern light guttered out<br>

And the afterdamp swallowed us slowly<br>

I gripped your hand<br>

And caught a glance<br>

Of the next time 'round<br>

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In another life<br>

You and I were Red Guards in training<br>

Side by side<br>

We marched on Tiananmen<br>

Turned our own parents in<br>

For hoarding rice<br>

And in the Great Leap forward<br>

We crawled on our bellies and died<br>

A blood orange sky<br>

Gave a cry<br>

Of next time 'round<br>

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In another life<br>

I was married at thirteen<br>

You were killed at twenty-one<br>

On a minor battlefield<br>

I was buried beside my second stillborn child<br>

My last thought it seemed<br>

A fever dream<br>

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Now we sink into a summer afternoon<br>

Central Park in June<br>

Marveling at the bounty our days contain<br>

And we feel it like the shiver<br>

Of a passing train<br>

That other life<br>

Deep underground<br>

You and I<br>

Side by side<br>

We are the next time 'round<br>

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<i>[Thanks to Jon Wieber for these lyrics]</i><br>

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