THIS IS NOT MY BLUES

I AM THE SORROW OF THE WORLD

THIS IS NOT MY BLUES

THIS IS NOT YOUR BLUES

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WITH ONE LOOK AT THE 24 HOUR NEWS

“SOMETHING” UNFOLDS IN MIND,

THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND CHILDREN WHO CRIED

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FOR BREAD TODAY AND NOTHING WAS SAID

YET TODAY THEY ALL ARE DEAD BUT

IT WAS NOT JUST THEIR “NO BREAD BLUES”

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IT IS MY NEWS AND MY BLUES SUNG

FOR 50,000 YEARS NOW MAN SUFFERS

CONSTANTLY FIGHTING OVER IMAGINED BUFFERS

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WHEN THE REAL ENEMY ALL MIRRORS

HAVE ALWAYS REVEALED, NOW THAT

I AM A MIRROR BY TRADE, AS A MIRROR

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I FEEL JUST FINE BEING USED, AND BEING

THE SORROW OF THE WORLD AND IT’S NEWS,

THIS IS NOT MY BLUES, THIS IS NOT YOUR BLUES

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AND BEING A MIRROR BEATS SINGING THE BLUES

AND THOSE 35,000 CHILDREN GONE TODAY

WERE ALL MIRRORS TOO! YET ALL UNUSED!

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