Sweet Begonia from SHE by Darryl Gregory

She was a wino's incarnation of the Virgin Mary
Standin out on Ninth Avenue
She'd lick her lips and say c'mon baby
I got something sweet and juicy for you

The boys she meets are a dime a dozen
Like a rusty nail caught in her brain
But she'll do the dance 'cause she wants their money
Even though it's gonna drive her insane

And it's one more night out on the streets
Mother never told her there'd be day like these
One more trick to turn tonight
Staring at the ceiling of a hotel room
When he turns to her and says something stupid like
Baby-baby-baby, I love you

The brothers in the kitchen call her sweet begonia
Like a flower growing out of the weeds
But she knows her place as she paints her face
And she know what nobody sees

And it's one more day she has to live
Going through the motions like a working girl
One more day she can deny
Staring at her life as she smokes a cigarette
Trying to find the strength yeah the strength to help her
With the things she want to forget

But she won't find
Piece of mind
Standing on the streets at night
She wants the drug
That'll pull the plug
And make her life feel right

And it's one more dream she'll just let go
Wakin up screaming and starin at the walls
One more lie to tell herself
Laughing at the people she sees on TV
Then standing out on the Avenue to her own little piece
Of reality

Fly away now sweet Begonia
Down the Hudson on the breeze
Do some coke and a little smoke
And let them do as they please

And it's one more night out on the streets
Mother never told her there'd be day like these
One more trick to turn tonight
Staring at the ceiling of a hotel room
When he turns to her and says something stupid like
Baby-baby-baby, I love you

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