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Artist: Joe Jackson
Canonical path: /joe-jackson/the-bridge
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Bridge
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The Bridge
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Down there in the ashes
There's gold and silver too
Dear sister, I try to share with you
Smug, you said
Take your spoils away
And you broke the bridge on your side
You wither my trouble
And all I dream to do
With half-smiles
Until I scream at you
Mad, you said
That's how you repay
But you broke the bridge on your side
And where am i
As I swallow your tears
And the prince with the slipper appears
Do you hack at your heel
Do I try not to feel
I fail with my anger
And with my sympathy
I tremble - so little left for me
Harsh, you said
Now you walk away
But I left the gold for you to find
When you broke the bridge on your side
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Joe Jackson performs "The Bridge", and this lyric page sits inside the Joe Jackson catalog on LyroVerse.
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