Al Kooper - Mourning Glory Story lyrics

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She wakes up
She finds herself sleeping in a doorway
Wondering how she ever got this way
She fights her tears away then
Prays for no more sorrow
Will tomorrow be the same as yesterday

She tasted from the tree of
Life which led to hunger
Now she wonders how she'll ever carry on
She thinks about the life she
Knew when she was younger
Heaven help her now those days
Are long since gone

She wakes up
She finds herself sleeping next to no one
And it's no fun when there's
No one there to see
She looks down at her feet my
God they sure look dirty
Seven-thirty, time to be or not to be

She cries out won't somebody
Listen to my story
Mourning Glories aren't supposed to
Have to beg she wakes up - she finds
Herself sleeping in a doorway
Wonderin' how she ever got that way