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4th Day Prayer Lyrics by Allison Russell

Outside Child

2021

[Verse 1]
I was the Queen of Westmount Park
It was all mine after dark
Old willow tree it was my throne
Till I, till I went home
Father used me like a wife
Mother turned the blindest eye
Stole my body, spirit, pride
He did, he did each night
[Chorus]
One for the hate that loops and loops
Two for the poison at the roots
Three for the children breaking through
Four for the day we're standing in the sun
Ooh, ooh, ooh
[Verse 2]
"These are the best years of your life"
If I'd bеlieved it I'd have diеd
Something told me that they lied
Oh I, oh I survived
Left home, I was just a child
Slept in the graveyard, end of the Mile
When the sun came up and found my skin
I rose, I rose again
[Chorus]
One for the hate that loops and loops
Two for the poison at the roots
Three for the children breaking through
Four for the day we're standing in the sun
Ooh, ooh, ooh
[Verse 3]
Slip streams and fever dreams
Do you see what I can't see?
Tell me, tell me, tell me
I want to understand
From the coast of Africa
To the hills of Grenada
To the cold of Montreal
That whip, that whip still falls
[Chorus]
One for the hate that loops and loops
Two for the poison at the roots
Three for the children breaking through
Four for the day we're standing in the sun
One for the hate that loops and loops (Ooh)
Two for the poison at the roots (Ooh)
Three for the children breaking through (Ooh)
Four for the day
One for the hate that loops and loops (Ooh)
Two for the poison at the roots (Ooh)
Three for the children breaking through (Ooh)
Four for the day
Credits
Allison Russell

Allison Russell

About “4th Day Prayer” by Allison Russell

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"4th Day Prayer" is credited to Allison Russell. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"4th Day Prayer" appears on "Outside Child" in 2021.

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