Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Roma
Canonical path: /roma/white-faced-youth
Related lyric paths: 6
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White-faced Youth
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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White-faced Youth
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The Victrola played steadily.
Beside it sat
A white-faced youth, with a battered hat
Aslant on his frowsy, dishevelled head.
Obviously, he wished he were dead.
He sat hunched over, staring at the wall
With eyes that saw no wall at all.
With half of one large foot he kept
The music's rhythm.
He wept.
The record played on.
Each time it ended,
He would look up startled: greatly offended.
He would then rise
With streaming eyes.
Carefully,
With a face of pain,
He would start the same tune over again.
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