Little Wonder - Augie March

Little Wonder - Augie March
Well it＇s my very little wonder and it＇s one that I will keep
But you can take it with you if it helps you when you＇re trying to sleep
And the men who are a cut above today are often not so very deep
Young ladies of means will say ＂I am I am I am I am I am＂
Sitting on the edges of their seats on the light rail train
Amoungst the could-a-beens the also-rans -
It＇s very little wonder if you cry
It＇s very little wonder you don＇t cry
The birds were framed
The babies were framed
And so too the black sky
You can＇t hear the ready laughter in my song
When I was laughing all day yesterday and all night long
Till we shook off the fears
And had us both in tears
O brother don＇t clean out your ears and you might be amazed
To find the secrets of the city in its alley ways
In the bins behind the swill cafes
Amid the clean-picked chicken bones and cartilage
A spirit groans a small heart beats and a red beak groans
You＇ll know why
It＇s very little wonder you don＇t cry
Don＇t be ashamed of a guilty little rain
And don＇t be ashamed
It＇s just the drink it＇s just the drink
It＇s just the drink
One marks a place
One makes a time
One stops a＇living
One goes about a＇dying
Somebody blew their brains out in this room
I can feel it like it happened just this afternoon
O fear walks tall when it＇s halfway up the hill with it＇s friend alcohol
I could hear the heavy footsteps in his hollow halls
Little wonder that he soon devised to rid them all
In one great gushing fall
The billion tiny devil＇s feet that nightly walk that bloody beat
Hi ho ho hum
Get yourself a gun
Open up your heart
And let the bleeders run
Hi ho ho hum
Move the thing along
Open up your heart
And let the bleeders run
Hi ho ho hum
Think about your mum
Open up your heart
And let the evening come darkly in