Mill-Doors
Carl Sandburg
1878 to 1967
Track 1
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And take you then for— how many cents a day?
I say good-by because I know they tap your wrists.
And all the blood of you drop by drop,
The hopeless open doors that call and wait
You never come back
You never come back
In the dark, in the silence, day by day.
How many cents for the sleepy eyes and fingers?
I say good-by when I see you going in the doors.
And you are old before you are young
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