The village beggar died on a Monday530Please respect copyright.PENANAM3AH3R5nJa
On the Tuesday people wept and left530Please respect copyright.PENANAeH6WUdE4gd
the little home that he made530Please respect copyright.PENANAy6uY36QfEq
and what little he had kept530Please respect copyright.PENANAoLpVSbzfFU
But it was stolen on a Wednesday530Please respect copyright.PENANAHCJVLYw8Oz
The burial on a Thursday, paid-530Please respect copyright.PENANASrt34FYxyV
by his good friends in the city530Please respect copyright.PENANAyd2vFSaSPO
Yet, nobody really knows this hippie530Please respect copyright.PENANAxr893MeY22
But on Friday it rained and the soil above530Please respect copyright.PENANAeSdMlVSi4Y
him seeped into his coffin and woke him530Please respect copyright.PENANApr9l4YZmjk
Got out on a Saturday and hunted on a Sunday; he is now the village ghost
You will hear him howl after a silence530Please respect copyright.PENANAVnGLVJFpdr
but not weep for he laughs crazy530Please respect copyright.PENANAkjNdDozM9r
while you shake under your sheets530Please respect copyright.PENANAfZLZWH7Q4w
He knows and sees what they did530Please respect copyright.PENANAZr44wadHTI
before and after he died;530Please respect copyright.PENANAM4uZDwjVrV
same old, same old village, sad old village
Years have passed, generation has surpassed530Please respect copyright.PENANA5LA9wlH1PJ
but nothing ever changes, maybe a curse530Please respect copyright.PENANAynWJMyWmCu
Or the blank stares made it worse530Please respect copyright.PENANA2n3gs5ne2L
People went to the city but searched530Please respect copyright.PENANA7YsFomPW7K
for the mutuality within the community530Please respect copyright.PENANAzznfu8Dzc3
As they say, misery loves company530Please respect copyright.PENANADJiCg6moxn
Because nobody really knows why he died530Please respect copyright.PENANAu7WAPcqyJJ
Some people said they saw him drowning530Please respect copyright.PENANAJ50vET4ubg
While others said they saw him fighting530Please respect copyright.PENANAtc6zwoh7EC
A dog near the chapel, like he was530Please respect copyright.PENANAjMsNfcwL15
hungry for a battle for nothing can be530Please respect copyright.PENANAoAc1NajSOP
more dull than a rainy Monday
You will see his shadow in the eve530Please respect copyright.PENANArlzVP3WARl
Slumped and limped for he was lost530Please respect copyright.PENANAM88HZaGmlH
Who saw have paled and he has plead530Please respect copyright.PENANAwF4mudef2f
for they kept feeding their guilt530Please respect copyright.PENANAq51C1zBjFl
because before and after he died,530Please respect copyright.PENANA6emr5W4AjM
same old, same old village, sad old village