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John Prine – Bruised Orange lyrics
My heart's in the ice house come hill or come valley
Like a long ago sunday when I walked through the alley
On a cold winter's morning to a church house
Just to shovel some snow.

I heard sirens on the train track howl naked gettin' nuder,
An altar boy's been hit by a local commuter
Just from walking with his back turned
To the train that was coming so slow.

You can gaze out the window get mad and get madder,
Throw your hands in the air, say "what does it matter? "
But it don't do no good to get angry,
So help me I know

For a heart stained in anger grows weak and grows bitter.
You become your own prisoner as you watch yourself sit there
Wrapped up in a trap of your very own
Chain of sorrow.

I been brought down to zero, pulled out and put back there.
I sat on a park bench, kissed the girl with the black hair
And my head shouted down to my heart
"you better look out below!"
Hey, it ain't such a long drop don't stammer don't stutter
From the diamonds in the sidewalk to the dirt in the gutter
And you carry those bruises to remind you wherever you go.
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Songwriters: John E Prine
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    natpark
    written by John Prine, amazing lyricist.
    About an incident he saw when he was 13, as an altar boy. He was on the way to church on a Sunday morning and another young boy was killed by a train, the boy had turned his back to the engine. See other Prine lyrics, "Illegal Smile": "Your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore."
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      natpark
      written by John Prine, amazing lyricist.
      About an incident he saw when he was 13, as an altar boy.... Read more →

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