By iammyself
Date: 2005 Sep 25
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searching for my blood

"On Every Street"
with apologies to Mark Knopfler


There's gotta be a record of you someplace
You gotta be on somebody's books
The facts I seek - a picture of your face
Our common looks
The sacred and profane
The pleasure and the pain
Somewhere your presence remains concrete
And it's your face I'm looking for on every street

You had another child by your own will
My sister who I've never known
And I have to wonder if she's out there still
And to which wind she's been thrown
Oh it's a dangerous road
And a burdensome load
And I see my sister in every woman I meet
And it's her face I'm looking for on every street

Sometimes I wonder if I have a place
And people I can call my own
I don't know why it is I'm still on this case
Why I search alone
And you still remain without a trace
Seems to me such a waste
And every victory has a taste that's bittersweet
And it's my face I'm looking for on every street