No Friend I've Known

from The Hymns of Sorrow by Jack Harlan

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He laid down his head in the dark of his pillow
As the moon came down through his window
Gazing into the reflection of a bottle he’d just thrown
Thinking this world’s been no friend I’ve known

She laid herself down all dressed in leather
As a stranger of desire came down over her
Give me your money boy I’ll make it good to the bone
Cause this world’s been no friend I’ve known

Well he sat in the park a life he lived almost everyday
Feeding the birds of sorrow to pass the time away
I’m hanging onto nothing now where shall I roam
When this world’s been no friend I’ve known

She smoked her last cigarette in the orange of the morning
Down beside her she watched her child sleeping
Your father he left us we be dead leaves a blown'
And now this world is no friend I’ve known

The world wants your money
Your shirt and your skin
They counterfeit your dreams to make it look like you’ve sinned
But from this empty bedside I’ve flown
Even though this world’s been no friend I’ve known

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from The Hymns of Sorrow, released March 28, 1996

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Jack Harlan Calgary, Alberta

Lyrical firestorms, foot stomping and soft introspection of Alternative Folk, Indie & Experimental Roots.

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