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The Man Who Never Sang a Song

from How And When To Prune Roses by Evil Nature

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Way back at the bright young age of 3
He wouldn't even fucking sing his ABC's
Teacher told him “row your boat merrily”
He just politely clapped his hands and tapped his feet.
Growing up never singing a song
Never felt his heart belonged in a melody
He has my sympathy
I’d rather die you see
Than become the man who never sang a song

Now a freshman in the back seat of the car
All the kids singing Madonna’s “Open Your Heart”
He mouthed the words with his lips so he’d fit in
But his vocal chords were not really moving
His mouth was open but the words would not come out
You could maybe make him twist but never shout
Not a melody
He has my sympathy
I’d rather die you see
Than become the man who never sang a song

Could not take it
He never hummed a line
He wouldn’t speak in time
Not even say a rhyme
He would never
He never sang a stitch
Nor did he strike a pitch
He never scratched that itch
Why won’t he just belt out his voice?
It was his choice
So why did he refrain?
Not even in the rain?
Don’t even know his range
Could be baritone
Could be the world’s best crooner
Would not matter
We would not know

He died at the ripe old age of 93
And at his funeral no one saw the irony
When the choir sang “lift your voices high”
A request he would have never satisfied
He was the man who never sang a song
Never felt his heart belonged in a melody
He has my sympathy.
What kind of life to lead?

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from How And When To Prune Roses, released June 13, 2022

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