rosemary jane
Singer:turner, frank
rosemary jane is the first out of bed
but there's mouths to be fed
with the money she gets from a man who is dead to himself
and dead to everyone else
my sisters and i were always too young
to remember the line about holding your tongue
while the grown folks are talking
long ago for rosemary jane
and the headlines should say
that you took all that pain on your shoulders
when i think of the things you had to endure
you guided us gently to the right path
i know i gave you a grey hair every time i messed up
each one a silver reminder that my mistakes add up
through every one of my unforced errors
and the headlines should say
that you took all that pain on your shoulders
unsure of the path in no man's land
unsure of myself in no man's land
never quite alone in no man's land
and the headlines should say
that we'll never forget it
that you took all that pain on your shoulders