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dweller

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2. I recall that song often these days

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat May 24, 2025, 12:58 PM

May 24

They're
Selling postcards
Of the hanging
They're painting
The passports brown
The beauty parlor
Is filled with sailors
The circus is in town
Here comes
The blind commissioner
They've got him in a trance
One hand is tied
To the tight-rope walker
The other is in his pants
And the riot squad
They're restless
They need somewhere to go
As Lady
And I look out tonight
From Desolation Row

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I recently learned that this verse actually refers to real events, a lynching in Minnesota. NNadir May 24 #3