the great divide

by Alex Kidd

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as a child i recall the sky above me,
it was painted the darkest gray.
her eyes were the same shade.
oh, now it only seems to haunt me in my sleep.

things aren't quite the way they were back then,
now my brothers live in the same gray sky.

it's the same old song, dragging on down the hall,
it's the same old way, she's on the ground again.
mom & dad was one, i was two, three, and four.
at five came the great divide.

now i'm older all i seem to hear is hate,
maybe i don't know what the others sound like.
'cause there was a time, where i kind of wondered,
how we'd make it out alive from that old house.

things ain't like they were as a kid,
all the broken teeth and pulling hair is done.

it's the same old song, dragging on down the hall,
about my old man, and what he came to be.
the best and worst of all, standing high on his own,
living in the great divide.

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released May 30, 2014

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Alex Kidd Los Gatos, California

native arkansan living in the bay-area of california.

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