Mariam Lyrics - Honeydogs

Your house is gone and so are you 

Your husband died in '92, your family's spread out 

You were the glue, your things divided 

Center is falling through, you taught me well 

I said, "Goodbye, Miriam" 

Well, that blue coat and gray wool pants 

Those things you bought, I never gave a chance 

That I'd outfit swore, would open up 

Every single door, you taught me well 

I said, "Goodbye, Miriam" 

A cross was burned in 23, a black barber's yard 

Down your street but you should be afraid 

Your father said, "That cross was burned for you and me" 

Stays in my head, you taught me well 

I said, "Goodbye, Miriam" 

Well, on your bed in '93, I held your hand 

You looked at me, you couldn't speak 

All that morphine, your last days 

Spent in dreams, you said a lie 

I said, "Goodbye"