John Cale
Taking Your Life in Your Hands
The children are all leaving school todayMama said, don't worry, I'll be back one dayThe blue men in uniform smiled and waved goodbyeShe was hiding those tears in her eyesRoll up the history books, burn the chairsSet fire to anything, set fire to the airThey're hiding [riding?] to begin and running at the end'Cause mama said, you take your life in your handsTaking your life, your life in your handsBut don't take your life in your hands like I didI don't feel so bad, and always look forward with hopeForward and hope that the children will always be thereCancel the day, cancel the nightCancel the day, cancel the night'Cause who could be watching when she steals and runs awayFull of hysterical laughter, and sayMama, mamaI've left school todayI hope I get to see you in that funny school far awayBut those gentlemen in blue, and those in greySay I'll never, never see mama again'Cause she took those lives in her handsYes, she took all those lives in her handsYes, she took all those lives in her handsBut let me wonder, what was there left in those hands?
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