Alone

Maya Angelou

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Lying, thinking
Last night
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone
I came up with one thing
And I don't believe I'm wrong
That nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

There are some millionaires
With money they can't use
Their wives run round like banshees
Their children sing the blues
They've got expensive doctors
To cure their hearts of stone.
But nobody
No, nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Now if you listen closely
I'll tell you what I know
Storm clouds are gathering
The wind is gonna blow
The race of man is suffering
And I can hear the moan,
'Cause nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

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  • chamliofapar1971

    Just red a poem by Maya Angelou and honeslty it didn't rlly strike me as her best work. Like the part "where water is not thirsty and bread loaf is not stone" is okay but the whole "nobody, but nobody can make it out here alone" felt too repetetive for me. Still an huge fan of her work, just not this one so much.

    • asandov17

      Read it as a kid still hits hard. w're all connected ya know.