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Alyosha saw his mother die when,
He was a boy,
Alyosha saw his mother die when
He was a boy,
She's buried in the back yard,
And father forgets where she lays,
She was hysterical but she was beautiful,
And full of grace

Forty rubles the price of his righteousness,
Sit across his hip,
Can I have my champagne to drink with that?,
Won't you take a sip,
But you see she's my sister,
And you're the brotherhood that sold me out,
You see how I've touched her,
It's compelling that's no doubt,

Strange it seems that all his dreams would fall apart,
Strange it seems that everything would come undone,
In the end, Alyosha I'm praying for your heart

Everybody saw Ilyusha die,
When he was a boy,
Everybody saw his mother try,
To take away his joy,
And when I die put breadcrumbs,
on my grave so the birds come down.
And father don't forget this moment,
Here by the stone

No matter how good or bad,
Keep this in your heart,
And through all the months and years to come,
We won't be apart,
And you look like Jesus,
When your standing in the crowd,
And Alyosha thank you,
I'm endowed

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from Strung Out on the Wire EP, released March 15, 2006

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