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On the outskirts of the city
Where our sordid tale begins
Lived the crazy
Rosewood ladies
In a run down loony bin

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All the patients there committed
Were of weak and feeble minds
And the doctors
Were like monsters
And the nurses were unkind

Pretty pennies, made by many
For a rosewood girl or two
Selling ladies
Into slavery
Was a common thing to do

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Large estates in need of tending
To maintain their subtle shine
Crimes there often
Go forgotten
Blinded by a dollar sign

Rosewood girls no longer fancied
Would be tossed out on the street
Underfed
They tried instead
Turning tricks so they could eat

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Doctor Kanner blew the whistle
But his efforts were in vain
Rosewood ladies
Had their babies
Infants weak and feeble brained

Walking down the city sidewalk
I will sometimes pass them by
Rosewood children
Ever burdened
By a past they can't deny

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from Songs of My Youth, released April 20, 1986

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Serpico Foster's League of David Baltimore, Maryland

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