ON THE DARK SIDE OF TOWN

 

I’m lost into darken dreams

Where all do scream,

Oh, how Dark Angel is so mean,

I’m walking around

on the dark side of town,

where Dark Angel is speaking out loud

pushing his slaves down to the ground,

he tells all to keep their heads bowled,

where the lost will never be found,

I felt my feet almost give out on me,

My mind started thinking about what

It is I had seen,

I don’t want to be too discreet

But all I know is he has a troubled soul,

I could hear the cries from the underground

Where it is, I stand,

I must ask, what is this all about?

I know there’s nothing I could say or do

To stop what Dark Angel is out to do,

nothing I could ever say,

could make the pains go away,

So, I just waked away when Dark Angel

Would say, there’s no reason to stand in my way,

I started to cry,

when Dark Angel looked me in the eyes,

I started screaming very loud,

For all to hear my shout,

Is this Heaven being in Hell

Did this ring your bell?

what is this place that gives so much pains,

when the rain burns just as bad,

everyone looks so sad,

Oh, how my poor body just bent over,

I felt pain like thunder,
I told myself what it is I see,

I want to leave behind me,

Oh, Dark Angel, your face scares me

Your eyes hold nothing but pain,

Your anger crash through my mind

You haunt me always,
Oh, how I feel so ashamed

that I could do a thing,

to help take away the pains to those slaves,

The slaves are not just one color

they come from all over,

look! what is being done right under this grey sky,

I can’t hide behind the eyes of pain,

Oh, the pain is beyond word to describe,

It’s way too late for to escape,

I must play his game in darken dreams,

On the dark side of town,

people are always pushed around.

 

Poetic Judy Emery© 1985