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Down behind the filling station
The old men talked in desperation
'bout what times had been
Everyone agreed
they'd seen better days
And Charlie Zink was the first to say
As he wiped the wine from his chin
"Was a time when a man was down
and broke, he could turn to any friend
Who would take him in
Feed him well, treat him right
And put him on the road again"
People just don't do that anymore
The TV sings like
a salesman door to door
You'd have to be too honest to be poor
And people just don't do that anymore
Six o'clock on the city, farm raising hell
Old Charlie rang the dinner bell
So we all sat down to pray
It was a glass of water and potato stew
He blessed himself
when he was through
Then stood up to say
"It's a shame
I can't remember your name
But any friend of what's-his-face
is a friend of mine just the same
Always made you feel at home"
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저 아래 술집 뒤편에서
실의에 찬 노인들이
옛날 얘기를 하고 있었어
옛날이 좋았다는데
다들 이견이 없었지
턱에 묻은 와인을 닦으며
찰리가 먼저 입을 열었어
"빈털터리가 되더라도
받아줄 수 있는
어느 친구라도 찾아가면
먹여주고 보살펴 주고
다시 일어설 수 있던 때가 있었어"
사람들은 더 이상 그렇지 않아
TV에서는 집집마다 찾아다니는
방문판매원 같은 광고만 나오고
정직하게 살면 가난하지 않았는데
이제 더 이상 그렇지 않아
여섯 시가 되어 농장이 분주해지고
찰리가 저녁식사 종을 울리자
우리는 앉아서 기도를 드렸어
저녁은 물 한잔과 감자죽이었어
기도가 끝나자
찰리는 성호를 긋고
일어서서 말했어
"부끄럽지만 당신들 이름을
다 기억하진 못 해요
하지만 당신이 어떤 모습이든지
여전히 저의 친구들이고
항상 가족처럼 대했어요"
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