Geoff Berner
Текст песни South Side Of Town

There is a road in north Alberta
Runs right through the middle of our town
Somewhere, somebody knows a secret
'Cause on that road, they ran somebody down
Her name was Sally John
She lived on the south side of town.

She had four kids
A two-room shack
She didn't know
She wouldn't be back
She left home for some eggs and a pound of ground
On the south side of town

Where the river and the laneway meets the road
Sally turned and headed home
Out of the night, a green Lincoln came
Picked her up and tossed her away
She flew like an angel to the ground
On the south side of town.

About 12 o'clock, when Sally wasn't home
Her biggest boy got on the telephone
A constable took the call, but he did fuck all
He thought he knew exactly what went down
On the south side of town
On the south side of town.

Told the boy "She's probably in a bar."
Boy said "She's been sober since last fall."
Well, the cop, he laughed, said "Yeah right,
she's probably out on the town tonight,
but if she's not home by morning, I'll come round
to the south side of town."

They found her in the morning, past the bridge
She made it halfway out of the ditch
God knows how many folks drove by
Sally John was left to die
Guess I'll never forget the sight
Sally John in the morning light
She lived on the south side of town.