a woman came and said to me
she´d seen a lady sell her baby
for ten or twenty dollars maybe
and everybody thinks she´s crazy
they´re too blind to see
she never failed to call attention
to the things we never mention
real horror, daily, courtesy of your tv
c´est la vie

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a woman came and said to me
now listen very carefully
there´s brother killing brother
people living on their knees
biting sugar coated bullets
for the pain of this disease
c´est la vie


a woman came and said to me
she had a husband on an island
found his body on a wasteland
soldiers came and took him
just to torture her you see
all alone she mourned her lover
crossed the sea to find a brother
maybe he could help her get her baby back for free
c´est la vie

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