Текст песни The Roches - Home Away From Home
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she was twenty six when she came to the burbswhere the family secrets stop at the curbsi was nine when she moved next doorshe had married a republican he was for the warhe was mean he beat her upall the time preaching that republican stuffhated blacks hated jewsknelt down sundays at our lady of the bluesover at my house things were sadbecause my folks were always fighting that made me feel badi went to her door with a cookie tini said i am your neighbor would you let me inshe was big having a babyshe asked me are you hungry and i said maybeshe gave me soup a piece of toastshe gave me what i needed the mostyeah,thank you for the love you gaveto me as a childthere must have been so much painthat you never criedin myhome away from homethen one day we found a sick birdon the very same doorstep where i first met herbeing a nurse well, she took the bird inand we fed her with an eye dropper til the following springwhen the time came to let the bird gothis is what she said when i cried noif you keep her locked insidehoney, she won`t be able to flyyeah,thank you for the love you gaveto me as a childthere must have been so much painthat you never criedin myhome away from homehome away from home