Worthless Lessons

by Route .44

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Worthless Lessons
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A stranger walks a long and ugly road And it's filled with hairspray and smiles He babbles to himself about a road that’s paved in gold And he calls this the epitome of man And he said, Oh, what have I done To be such a useless man? He says, Oh, what have I done To be such a worthless man? A child passes by, holdin’ on her momma’s hand Lookin' upon this stranger, she says, Momma, who’s that man? Momma says, Baby, you know it ain't polite to stare Well the child looked behind her, over her shoulder Sees our hero stumble, watches as he falls over Momma says, Baby, Just pretend that he’s not there The days carry over, the memory gonna melt away When another human learns a worthless lesson today Our hero sits alone, in an alley by some stairs This child, she has grown, but never learned how to care Them two paths, they're gonna meet again You see, Fate has played its card See, the child ran away from home But she was not yet fully grown Had no money, so she found herself alone In an alley, by some stairs The days carry over, the memory gonna melt away When another human learns a worthless lesson today On desolation row, all you need is empathy When you ain't got nothing left to hold You embrace one another’s tragedy From there, you know up is the only way to go And that child she remembered lookin’ over her shoulder Now she realized she should have helped and not grown colder It’s such a different story, when you’re When you're the one who’s down The days carry over, the memory gonna melt away When another human learns a worthless lesson today Another human learns a meaningless lesson today

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released April 4, 2007

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