Saw a lady get on the bus.
She had a Christmas sweater
and a dog.
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She wore Santa Claus Sweaters on the fourth of July
A ragged fur coat when it was ninety outside
And people at the bus stop just turned away
When she got out her grandmothers rosary to pray
But her dog didn't know she was crazy
And better folks just passed her by
An afternoon nap with his head on her lap
Is all he wanted from this life.
Cancelled checks in a Monkey Ward box
Hundred dollar bills wadded up in old socks
Receipts from donations she made to the poor
and an icon of Mercy hung over her door
But her dog didn't know she was crazy
And better folks just passed her by
An afternoon nap with his head on her lap
Is all he wanted from this life.
Animal shelter is an odd sort of phrase
For a concrete floor and a stainless steel cage
the police report says there was no other way
to get him away from her body that day
But her dog didn't know she was crazy
And better folks just passed her by
An afternoon nap with his head on her lap
Is all he wanted from this life.
