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Alone by Maya Angelou

5/18/2008 2:42:35 AM
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Alone
 
  Lying, thinking
Last night
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone
I came up with one thing
And I don't believe I'm wrong
That nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

There are some millionaires
With money they can't use
Their wives run round like banshees
Their children sing the blues
They've got expensive doctors
To cure their hearts of stone.
But nobody
No, nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Now if you listen closely
I'll tell you what I know
Storm clouds are gathering
The wind is gonna blow
The race of man is suffering
And I can hear the moan,
'Cause nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Maya Angelou


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Linda Wagy (3/12/2008 6:20:00 PM)
B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L., Maya... and, oh, so true - nobody can make it alone - we ALL need JESUS to walk through this life with, for it is truly WITH HIM, that we CAN make it! ! ! God bless you today, and always! ! =)
Richard Soper (2/1/2008 6:17:00 PM)
I read this in my english class today.....amazing.
And....
I would like to put some music to this, and make it a song!
Email me @ Reedley_Skater@hotmail.com if your interested in that: D

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