"The Other Side, Part III" lyrics - GIL SCOTT-HERON

GIL SCOTT-HERON

"The Other Side, Part III"

Junkie walking through the twilight, I'm on my way home
I left three days ago, no one seems to know I'm gone
Home is where the hatred is, and home is filled with pain
But it might not be such a bad idea if I never, never went home again

Home is where I live inside my white powder dream
Home was once an empty vacuum but it's filled now with my silent scream
Home is where the needle marks try to heal my broken heart
But it might not be such a bad idea if I never, never went home again

Stand as far away from me as you can and ask me why
Hang on to your rosary beads, close your eyes and watch me die
You keep saying, kick it, quit it, kick it, quit it
God, but did you ever try
And turn your sick soul inside out
So that the world, so that the world
Can watch you die [3x], say...

Don't you know I might never go home, never go home
Make all these plans and keep packing my bags
Not go, hey, not go
Keep saying... Tomorrow
First thing tomorrow
Tomorrow I'll go
Know it all the time, I'm just biding time

Say, kick it, quit it

I might never go home, never go home
Pack all my bags and keep standing around
And down
And say I'm running and running
But I can't get away
Everybody ain't that strong, ain't that strong
Go too long, feel yourself crash

Kick it, quit it
Can't go home
Holding onto something
Kick it, quit it
Can't go home

Yes, you'd like to go home
Mamma could change it, daddy could fix it, yes, if you could go home
Mama don't need to see me this way, know me this way and touch me this way
Love me this way, can't go.. home
Say it to myself...
Kick it, quit it
Can't go home
I feel it in my soul
Kick it, quit it
Can't go home
Yes, yes, saying, saying
Kick it, quit it
Can't go home
Yes, but I know, but I know, but I...
Can't go home
Yes, I'd like to go home, can't go home
I could start all over
Like to go home
Say yeah, like to go home

Spirits (1994)