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