The Side of Town You Rarely See

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The Side of Town You Rarely SeeIt’s the Monday evening book clubHighballs flow at the Flanders’ houseBut those gals’re culture lovers, cos Fabio’s on the coverAnd they’re husbands’re glued to the couchBut there’s a woman on a shady cornerWaving at passing carsShe’s hurting herself cos she can’t heal her childhood scarsAnd there’s a man in a darkened bedroomWriting at a lamplit deskTryin’ to think of what to say about sin and lonelinessThat’s the side of town you rarely seeIt shows what people can really beInside us all including meIs another face tryin’ to break freeAnd that’s the side of town you rarely seeIt’s the Friday evening book clubFour old bikes near an oak out backIn their treehouse hideout, boys get the flashlight outFlippin’ through the latest nudie magbut there’s an old man nursin’ his knees and bad hipIn a cold kitchenetteRubbing alchohol in his juice cos he can’t afford his medsAnd that man who sat thinking and writingHe stops and turns off the lightHoping his words help folks see where hopeless spirits hideThat’s the side of town you rarely seeIt shows what people can really beInside us all including meIs another face tryin’ to break freeAnd that’s the side of town you rarely seeIt’s the Sunday morning book clubPastor James worked late all weekHe was bound and determined, when the town heard his sermonIt’s the Good Book they’d hear speakHe spoke of freedom and sacrificesAnd the price of lifeAnd how they should think of the soldiersDuring the church blood driveAnd his word reached deep inside themThey joined hands in prayerAfter he poured out his heart to them the people poured out theirsThat’s the side of town you rarely seeIt shows what people can really beInside us all including meIs another face tryin’ to break freeAnd that’s the side of town you rarely see©2007 Robert George