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Why My Husband Went Away

from The Witness by Dorothy-Jane

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I was in shock and for a while, too ashamed to talk about what I had witnessed.

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WHY MY HUSBAND WENT AWAY © DJ Gosper

What to do now my heart is heavy?
What to do now I’m feeling low?
What to say when people ask me
where did my husband go?

I can’t say, I can’t say. It’s so bad I can’t tell you
why my husband went away and he’ll be gone a long time too

Where he’s gone is where he’ll stay and he’ll be mine no more no way
and he won’t be back some day and that’s all that I should say
but he’s left me with a burden and he’s left me with a debt
and he’s left me with a hurting so bad I can’t forget
and I loved him now I hate him. Sometimes I wish he was dead
and I wish he’d left that child sleeping in her bed

Now my body is still shaking at the sight I can’t unsee
But the child she is safe now and that grown man will never be free
and he says he’s the poor hurt child from a cruel family
Oh please god keep that grown man far far away from me

I can’t say, I can’t say. It’s so bad I can’t tell you
why my husband went away and he’ll be gone a long time too

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from The Witness, released January 17, 2020
© DJ Gosper
Dorothy-Jane (vocal, harmonica); Ben Hoare (guitar); Matt Nightingale (bass)
Tracking Engineer: Jack Buchanan; Mixed, Mastered and Produced by David Pendragon @The Studio Canberra Australia

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Dorothy-Jane Canberra, Australia

Australian singer, songwriter, harmonica player. Veteran of the Canberra Blues scene. Performed across Australasia, released 8 albums, 2 EPs.
Her songs draw on her lived experiences, shed light on dark topics.
She's aka KarismaKatz, DJ/DeeJay Gosper, Hot Flush Blues Band, Dorothy-Jane with Richard Steele, Jeff & Deej.
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