Where

In the blue house on the corner

There’s a lost little girl

Looking at spiderwebs under her bed

Cuts and bruises on her shoulder

Smell of whiskey getting closer

There’s a monster inside

Of the guy that she used to call Dad

Where were we then?

And where are we now?

There’s an old man by the trees

Talking to people that no one sees

He lost his house and his mind long ago

When he came back from the war

He was still keeping score

And all the kids laugh

But they’ll never know all that he’s seen

Where were we then?

And where are we now?

In the office on the 4^th floor

There’s a man and a gun

Dreaming of all he will never become

All alone in his final hour

He gives thanks for his son and his daughter

And he hopes that someday

They will be okay with what he’s done

Where were we then?

And where are we now?

Where were we then?

And where are we now?

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