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A Night This Side of Dying Lyrics by Carole King

Wrap Around Joy

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[Verse 1]
I remember one young sister with rainbows in her eyes
Standing on a corner with the afternoon's supply
She spoke of other places, perhaps a better road
Then she asked if I could tell her where they kept the mother lode
[Chorus]
Like a night this side of dying
Her day's inside the dropper on the shelf
When she hears her lifeline crying
Not a thing you say can stop her
When she just can't stop herself
[Verse 2]
I remember that July, the panic and the heat
The savage shine of summer, the strychnine in the street
The way they sold each other for a favor in glassine
The best of friends sold brothers for a dime of quinine dreams
[Chorus]
Like a night this side of dying
Her day's inside the dropper on the shelf
Like the shelter she's been buying
Not a thing I've got can save her
When she just can't save herself
She just can't save herself
Credits
Carole King

Carole King

About “A Night This Side of Dying” by Carole King

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"A Night This Side of Dying" is credited to Carole King. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"A Night This Side of Dying" appears on "Wrap Around Joy".

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