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A song I made mine

How long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?
I remember that song just'a singing
And I knew the thing that was wrong
I remember that song that was singing
while it was more and more that song
Being sad from September to September
just being sad for so so long
I asked God Himself to answer
How long has this been going on?

How long has this been going on
How long has this been going on
Well I try my best to be humble
But my soul was fixed to grumble
Everyday my troubles would double
How this sad aweful truth made me crumble
How long has this been going on
How long has this been going on

I could stand up strait but my soul would relate
how it was on it's knees everyday
like a clock counting down every moment
All my joy would stay away
The waves of depression were had such a session
at the end of everyday
How long has this been going on!
How long has this been going on!

Cloudy storms they made me wonder
What in the world would happen to me
with the fears that often thundered
How long this thing would be
I couldn't remember the day my soul was paid
with a warm and calming down for me
All I had was the feeling I had
when myself was killing me
How long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?




(Sang to the rythem of that song. It was true at that time.)

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Date: 2/15/2024 7:17:00 PM
An excellent poem with such a smooth flow and great rhymes... Really well done!
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Date: 2/15/2024 1:23:00 PM
I looked up the song and did not recognize the lyrics
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Date: 2/26/2024 6:34:00 PM
I rewrote my own lyrics, of course!!!
Date: 2/15/2024 1:22:00 PM
so cool how you made it YOUR song. If it's the song I am thinking of, I was thinking the lyrics of, it was "What's going on?" Maybe this is a different song entirely.
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Date: 2/15/2024 1:54:00 AM
Wow very moving! I don’t know the song. But glad you are in a better place now. I sent you a soupmail. Hugs
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Date: 2/15/2024 1:53:00 AM
Wow very moving! I don’t know the song. But glad you are in a better place now. I sent you a soupmail. Hugs
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Date: 2/14/2024 6:00:00 PM
A nice remake of a great old song, my friend.
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Date: 2/14/2024 5:35:00 AM
Depression is rough. I'm trying to remember who sang this. Was it Bill Withers?
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