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Azey Geyn di Yoren

from Manna by Shelley Posen

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Azey geyn di yoren
It’s us now growing old
And finally seeing what we’ve always known
That our parents would grow feeble
Their memories dim and fade
And in the end we all must walk alone.

Azey geyn di yoren
We visit family graves
And leave a little pebble on each stone
We invite the dear departed
To the simkhas we will hold
As if they still were flesh and blood and bone.

We look through dusty albums at our family photographs
The faces look so happy and so young
Early chapters of a story whose ending’s always sad
Because of what they’d been and then become —

Azey geyn di yoren
The women cut and sew
The cotton shrouds in which the dead will lie
We wear nothing to the grave
That says who and what we were
It’s jokes and stories we’re remembered by.

Azey geyn di yoren
The old men at the Y
Their lockers echo with the give and take
They stand naked at the urinals
And watch the waters swirl
And never tire of the joke they make —

Azey geyt di yoren.

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from Manna, released January 10, 2003

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Shelley Posen Ottawa, Ontario

SHELLEY POSEN is a Canadian songwriter and performer of his own and traditional songs. He writes in many styles and on many subjects. His songs are widely recognized for their wit, craftsmanship, and the profound effect many seem to have on listeners.

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