Lawrence S. Pertillar - Up Close

To see it up close...
No one can deny somebody's pain.
To see it up close...
No one has to hear one complaining.
To see up close...
Anyone who knows what it is,
Seldom doesn't drop a tear.

To see it up close...
Few do to view it.
Just to see it up close...
Few do it without a making of excuses,
To use to compare how they live.
Or make their situation worse than it is.

People only have themselves on their minds.
Time for other people people seldom find.
People only have themselves on their minds.
Time for other people people seldom find.

To see it up close...
No one can deny somebody's pain.
To see it up close...
No one has to hear one complaining.
To see up close...
Anyone who knows what it is,
Seldom doesn't drop a tear.

People only have themselves on their minds.
Time for other people people seldom find.
People only have themselves on their minds.
Time for other people people seldom find.

People don't know other people up close,
To know.
People don't know other people up close,
To know.
People don't know other people up close,
To know.
People don't know other people.
People don't know other people.
People don't know other people up close,
To know!

Lawrence S. Pertillar

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