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Have you seen your mother, girl?
Has she gone away?
Gone away and found the pearl
But the price she paid
Gone
When you wake in the morning, gone
When you find that there's no one sleeping, gone
Pretty Penny was her name
She was loved and we all will miss her
How far will you go I say
Just to bait a mouse?
Shorter lived and longer gone
Can you figure out?
Gone
When you wake in the morning, gone
When you find that there's no one sleeping, gone
Pretty Penny was her name
She was loved and we all will miss her
Have you lost your sister, girl?
She's all but blown away
Blown away and lost the pearl
And the price she paid
Gone
When you wake in the morning, gone
When you find that there's no one sleeping, gone
Pretty Penny was her name
She was loved and we all will miss her
Has she gone away?
Gone away and found the pearl
But the price she paid
Gone
When you wake in the morning, gone
When you find that there's no one sleeping, gone
Pretty Penny was her name
She was loved and we all will miss her
How far will you go I say
Just to bait a mouse?
Shorter lived and longer gone
Can you figure out?
Gone
When you wake in the morning, gone
When you find that there's no one sleeping, gone
Pretty Penny was her name
She was loved and we all will miss her
Have you lost your sister, girl?
She's all but blown away
Blown away and lost the pearl
And the price she paid
Gone
When you wake in the morning, gone
When you find that there's no one sleeping, gone
Pretty Penny was her name
She was loved and we all will miss her
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I do agree that it may have something to do with a family tragedy. I doubt it deals with the "second coming of Christ," but hey, anything's possible. :] I think the mother who OD's is the most accurate meaning.
Does anybody think it might be about the worthlessness of one's life? That probably made no sense, so I'll explain a bit more... It mentions "Pretty Penny was her name," but was it really a name? If you compare a pearl to a penny, the penny is worth little, right? If Penny is the "name" then maybe it wasn't really a name like Bob, but more like a label of value... So when she finds the pearl, maybe she found somebody worth more than her and she leaves (by death or other means)... and it continues as such.
Now, like I said before, I do believe the ODing of a mother is MUCH more accurate, but the above interpretation is how I first understood it.
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