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Wasting Beauty On The Blind - Douglas Fur

from Burning Down: The Songs of Anarchist Prisoner Sean Swain by Various

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WASTING BEAUTY ON THE BLIND

Joe's guitar was in a cardboard case
each night he found a dive to play
the needle and bottle were his falls from grace
a desperate poet looking to trade
diamonds for dimes...
living in a timeless tragedy
drinking til he saw nothin' wrong
no one ever listened but the drinks were free
and he could usually play his own songs
as long as they rhymed
wasting beauty on the blind
wasting beauty on the blind

Tina worked hard to spend the rest of her life
in a marriage that just wouldn't last
devoted to a man who beat his wife
she fixed dinner with her arm in a cast
pearls before swine...
at night she danced topless and I'd stare at her face
wonderin' if it crossed her mind
she was giving away what she couldn't replace
for something she just couldn't find
spending her time
wasting beauty on the blind
wasting beauty on the blind

Joe and Tina had no way to know
their futures wouldn't be so dark
they both signed up for a traveling show
that plays McBeth in Brandenberg Park
no more bump and grind...
Tina was looking for a place to stay
finally moved in with Joe
she laid in his arms and he heard her say:
"You know, sometimes you just don't know
the treasures you find
wasting beauty on the blind
wasting beauty on the blind..."

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from Burning Down: The Songs of Anarchist Prisoner Sean Swain, released May 1, 2015
Words by Sean. Music by Douglas Fur.

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Sean Swain Lucasville, Ohio

Sean Swain has been held without legal conviction or sentence since 1991 for the self-defense killing of a court official’s relative who broke into Sean’s home and threatened his life.

Sean will only be liberated when the illegitimate power of the lawless rogue state holding him hostage is abolished once and for all.

More info at seanswain.org
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