here we sit again and tales begin to spin about the things that we've done and seen 
stories of wine glutton and glory and the occasional altered dreams 
appetites for memories grow as the sunshine begins to fade across the hill 

it's the same old chill lurking right there in the shade 
just as a child with bright eyes and a smile laughter was all she knew 
her mama was away and all papa did was pray so the wanderlust slowly grew 
she spread her wings and a couple other things for the medicine man downtown 
with his bottle of elixir he said that he could fix her and soon she was going down 

(chorus) and everything begins to look the same 
feel the burn from the same old evil flame 
we watched her fall from sweet and kind and i wish she could come back sweet magdeline 

she was gone on a bad trip followed by a needle and a silver spoon 
mama sat and cried and papa told us lies said she'd be back real soon 
suddenly the seasons changed from the fall back to the spring 
answers live like peasants here when the questions reign as king 

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