BRUCE MARTONE Poems

THE HOMELESS VET.
HE SOLD HIS LAST DREAM
TO THIS GUY FOR HIS MEAL
THAN HE WALK AWAY
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THE PROMISE THAT I MADE TO YOU
I INTEND TO FOLLOW IT THROUHG
AND I WILL GET YOU OUT OF THIS HELL
NO MATTER HOW HIGH THE COST
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FROM MY WINDOW I SEE HER
HER CURTAINS ARE OPEN ENOUGH FOR ME TO SEE HER
OH HOW I WANT HER, I WANT HER NOW
BUT SHE'D WITH HIM HOLDING HIM TIGHT
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I SAW THIS GIRL WALKING AROUND
IN THIS SMALL TOWN
SHE WAS CRYING AS SHE WALK ON BY
I STOP HER TO ASK HER WHY
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TONIGHT I`M DOWN ON MY KNEES
PRAYING TO YOU MY SWEET LORD
TO END MY PAIN WHICH IS NOW SKIN DEEP.
NOW IT`S HURTING ME WAY TO MUCH
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I'M SEARCHING COAST TO COAST
TOWN THROUGH TOWN
EVEN ASKING THE HOLY GHOST
ON WHERE ARE THE FORGOTTON DREAMS
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NOW BLESS ME FATHER FOR I HAVE SIN
TIME AND TIME AGAIN
I`M NOT ASKING FOR GIVENESS
OR FOR YOU TO BE MY FRIEND
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THERE WAS A JAIL BREAK TONIGHT
IN CELL BLOCK EIGHT
WHERE THE SNIPER STAYS
AND NOW THE COPS AND THEIR DOGS
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ONE SUNDAY MORNING
A GUY HAD A PLAN
TO GO TO THE HIGHEST BUILDING
AND LEAN OVER THE LEDGE
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I`m just a lonely rider
looking for somewhere to go
I`m just a lonely rider
wanting a road I don`t know
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