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"Dark phrases of womanhood Of never having been a girl 00:01:50.903 - 00:01:56.199
-"Half-note scattered without rhythm -"Without rhythm 00:01:56.283 - 00:02:00.077
"No tune distraught 00:02:00.162 - 00:02:02.580
"Her laughter falling over A black girl's shoulders 00:02:02.664 - 00:02:07.168
-"lt's funny -"Funny 00:02:08.212 - 00:02:09.504
"lt's hysterical The melodylessness of her dance 00:02:09.588 - 00:02:13.758
"Don't tell nobody Don't tell a soul 00:02:13.842 - 00:02:16.636
-"She's dancing on beer cans and shingles -"Beer cans and shingles 00:02:16.720 - 00:02:19.472
"This must be the spook house 00:02:20.307 - 00:02:22.725
"Another song with no singers Lyrics, no voices 00:02:22.810 - 00:02:26.771
"And uninterrupted solos Unseen performances 00:02:26.855 - 00:02:30.942
"Are we ghouls? 00:02:31.735 - 00:02:33.736
-"Children of horror? -"Children of horror? 00:02:33.821 - 00:02:35.655
"The joke? Don't tell nobody, don't tell a soul 00:02:35.739 - 00:02:39.116
"Are we animals? 00:02:40.369 - 00:02:41.869
-"Have we gone crazy? -"Have we gone crazy? 00:02:41.954 - 00:02:43.120
"l can't hear anything 00:02:43.205 - 00:02:45.122
"But maddening screams and the soft strains of death 00:02:45.207 - 00:02:48.709
"And you promised me 00:02:49.878 - 00:02:51.587
"You promised somebody, anybody 00:02:52.381 - 00:02:55.424
-"Sing a black girl's song -"Sing a black girl's song 00:02:55.509 - 00:02:57.927