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A Silver Chain Lyrics
Sonny boy wore a silver chain,
And he saw the tracks to the train.
But I held a hat in my hand that fit my past to a 'T',
Broken easily.
Took the street from the curb below,
Where it's too disturbing to go.
Holding a needle in my hand above the symphony,
Broken easily.
While the trumpets blare,
Dissipate to air,
And I got praying hands hanging from a silver chain.
With a talent for catastrophe that I can't explain,
And when I count the steps to safety that I know won't protect me,
From pain;
It just doesn't work:
Giving it a name.
And he saw the tracks to the train.
But I held a hat in my hand that fit my past to a 'T',
Broken easily.
Where it's too disturbing to go.
Holding a needle in my hand above the symphony,
Broken easily.
Dissipate to air,
And I got praying hands hanging from a silver chain.
With a talent for catastrophe that I can't explain,
And when I count the steps to safety that I know won't protect me,
From pain;
It just doesn't work:
Giving it a name.
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Submitted by
dragonflower44 On Jan 19, 2002
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