RIP Travis

[Chu Gai]

The Country Singer, Lucinda Williams...

expressed her perspective and thoughts on the suicide of someone she knew in the song, Sweet Old World. It's a hauntingly poignant and heartbreaking song that I'd like to share as it touches upon the things lost. The words are below the YouTube video of a live performance which unfortunately does not allow embedding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U93v3oeiiQ&playnext=1&list=PL9DD85D6FB09ED92F&index=13

See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world
See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world
The breath from your own lips, the touch of fingertips
A sweet and tender kiss
The sound of a midnight train, wearing someone's ring
Someone calling your name
Somebody so warm cradled in your arm
Didn't you think you were worth anything
See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world
See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world

SOLO

Millions of us in love, promises made good
Your own flesh and blood
Looking for some truth, dancing with no shoes
The beat, the rhythm, the blues
The pounding of your heart's drum together with another one
Didn't you think anyone loved you
See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world
See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world
See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world
See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world