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He Was From the Bayou

He was from the Bayou A southern boy through and through And so young, but he had seen so much He was the one they looked to, While their corpses rotted on the snowy fields He remained unscathed, His beautiful portrait clean and intact But he couldn’t say the same for his friends And with the weight of the world Upon his busted shoulders He was calmness and care personified Over there, he was not just the boy from the bayou He was a traiteur

Copyright © | Year Posted 2006




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