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Metal Railings
A Lazarus Soul
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In the half light of the city, we contemplate our worth
As we make the slow migration from the centre to suburb
The dusk, the conversations, soften the shabby face
The silver metal railings, penning these estates
The sound I hear is golden, the stories of their day as they retreat
They're not poor, but they're not rolling
And bring to night a warm humility
In the half light of the city, you cannot see the hurt
In the eyes of working families who see progress as a curse
As we pass along the prison walls, my head bowed at the thought
Of the mothers and the fathers who are carrying their cross
Silver sun is failing
On young ones who were sent down in their prime
Like the silver metal railings
A symbol of our freedom in decline
In the half light of the city, it's where they would have hid
These ancient streets and corners where my parents played as kids
Me Ma, she came from Summerhill
Da, Dominick Street pack
They moved them out and tore them down
They were forever looking back
I miss their city saying
The D they'd put between the R and L
And their devotion for praying
That our place found in this world was not a cell
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