Rod McKuen

Chorus:
I have been a rover. I have walked alone. Hiked a hundred highways. Never found a home.
Still and all, I'm happy. The reason is, you see, once in a while, along the way, love's been good to me.

There was a girl in Denver before the summer's storm. Oh, her eyes were tender. Oh, her arms were warm,
And she could smile away the thunder. Kiss away the rain and even though she's gone away, you won't hear me complain.

(Chorus)

There was a girl in Portland before the winter chill. We use to go a-courtin' along October hill,
And she could laug

Emissaries of demons
slit the defenseless in an act of barbarity.
Sharp knives
give the final embrace
in a pool of red.

Deathtools
forged in the flames of scorn.
Non human animals
die in the name of selfish ignorance.

Blood spilled for lust
in the temples of terror.

in the temples of terror...

Factory farms, Vivisection laborites,
Fur ranches, Slaughter houses,
all replace concentration camps.
still injustice remains.
End this evil empire built upon the graves
of the murdered
and devoured creatures.

Salvation I whisper thy name
and scream for liberation.
Consumption
of lifeless bodies is a vote for
genocide.

genocide...

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