[MURIEL]
I marched with Dr. King once in Chicago
Nobody knows this, I've never told
But if anyone should doubt it
You can see me in the photo
On the front of the Tribune above the fold
And I used to have a scar
From a bottle someone threw
And I realize it's not a thing
You'd think that I would do
But I'd heard so much and read so much
About the man and so
I had to go
I had to know
My brother—this is heavily symbolic—
He was committed my sophomore year
He was sure the FBI had put electrodes on his brain
And so he shoved a pen-knife straight into his ear
It was terrible, and yet
What it mostly made me feel
Was the hope that now he'd finally admit it wasn't real
We agree he must be crazy
We abandon the pretense
'Cause what makes sense
Is evidence
I marched with Dr. King once in Chicago
Nobody knows this, I've never told
But if anyone should doubt it
You can see me in the photo
On the front of the Tribune above the fold
And I used to have a scar
From a bottle someone threw
And I realize it's not a thing
You'd think that I would do
But I'd heard so much and read so much
About the man and so
I had to go
I had to know
My brother—this is heavily symbolic—
He was committed my sophomore year
He was sure the FBI had put electrodes on his brain
And so he shoved a pen-knife straight into his ear
It was terrible, and yet
What it mostly made me feel
Was the hope that now he'd finally admit it wasn't real
We agree he must be crazy
We abandon the pretense
'Cause what makes sense
Is evidence
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