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Did you see our brother

 He was here the other day

 But he only came to say that he was leaving

 Did you see his lady

 She was looking where he'd gone

 But she wasn't letting on that she was grieving

She's bound to go

 Perhaps she'll find him waiting for his boat in some city far away

She's bound to go

Lately I remember afternoons of smoke and wine

 There was nothing we could find but peace and pleasure

And with a smile he told me

 That he wanted just to be on his way across the sea no man can measure

He won't be back,

 And the sun may find him sleeping in the dust of some ruin far away

He won't be back

Early today as I watched while the skyline was shaking

 I heard a rumbling

Early today the mechanical city was waking

 And I ran out stumbling, mumbling

Out through the laughter of children and dogs

Did you see our brother

 He was here the other day

 But he only came to say that he can't breathe here

 Did you see his lady

 She was reaching for his hand

 Just as if to tell her man that she can't either

They're bound to go

 And the sun may find me running after them, seeing something far away

We won't be back

Someone who had been away

Suddenly came back today

and I allowed a hope to stray into my mind

For a moment face to face

We looked back upon the place

Where long ago he went to chase our careless time

Oh, what do you know

Not what I've been feeling

The past is healing so slow

My tomorrow Gone from sorrow