That most of the men stood and played
Whilst the women danced in their melancholy
Till the last record started to fade
And as D. J. Turned the lights up
And packed his records away
He noticed a lonely figure still there
So quietly turned to say
Tears you thought lasted a lifetime
Won't last too much more than a day
And you'll prove that you still have your strength left
When you wipe those tears well away, well away
Roses in garden bring joy to the bleak
Lilies save wretched from worse
Music lifts up those too weary to speak
So, sister you sing the next verse
The path in life that you have taken
I can figure out just from your frown
Either it's down the up escalator
Or maybe sometimes up the down
And you may not feel that you have travelled
But sure as hell been across town
And certainly if story unravelled
You've lost more than you ever found
One thing's for certain I've travelled
And a not too dissimilar route
Those ups and downs and rounds after rounds
You're wearing them just like a suit, like a suit
So if roses bring joy to the bleak
Lilies save wretched from worse
Music lifts up those too weary to speak
Then D. J. I'll take the next verse
So sister judge strength not by muscle
Or weight that your body can lift
But by heavyweight heart that you carry
That no other young woman could shift
Hey Mr D. J. A special request
Play that last record for me
And make it as long and as painfully sad
As any slow ballad could be
There was a pool table there at the wedding That most of the men stood and played Whilst the women danced in their melancholy Till the last record started to fade And as D. J. Turned the lights up And packed his records away He noticed a lonely figure still there So quietly turned to say Tears you thought lasted a lifetime Won't last too much more than a day And you'll prove that you still have your strength left When you wipe those tears well away, well away Roses in garden bring joy to the bleak Lilies save wretched from worse Music lifts up those too weary to speak So, sister you sing the next verse The path in life that you have taken I can figure out just from your frown Either it's down the up escalator Or maybe sometimes up the down And you may not feel that you have travelled But sure as hell been across town And certainly if story unravelled You've lost more than you ever found One thing's for certain I've travelled And a not too dissimilar route Those ups and downs and rounds after rounds You're wearing them just like a suit, like a suit So if roses bring joy to the bleak Lilies save wretched from worse Music lifts up those too weary to speak Then D. J. I'll take the next verse So sister judge strength not by muscle Or weight that your body can lift But by heavyweight heart that you carry That no other young woman could shift Hey Mr D. J. A special request Play that last record for me And make it as long and as painfully sad As any slow ballad could be Explain Request ×
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