Something Just Broke

I was out
In the yard
Taking down the bed sheets
When my neighbor yelled across:
I remember where I was
Just exactly where I was
In the yard out back.

I was getting me a shoeshine

Folding sheets

When I heard

We were waiting for a carriage

Newsboys

Suddenly there's shouting in the street

Lizzie's sheets

"The president's been shot"

I'll remember it forever

And I thought:

Where I was what I was doing

Something just broke

"The president's been shot"

My God!

Something just broke

I was down at the Exchange

Something just made a little dent

I'd been shopping

I'd been sick

Something just broke

All I know it was a Friday

Only for a moment

I remember it exactly

Something got bent

I'm taking the order

Something jsut left a little mark

I was getting dressed

T potato soups.

And I thought
And I thought to myself
And I thought
And I thought
I kept thinking.

Something just spoke
Something I wish I hadn't heard
Something bewildering occurred.

Fix it up fast
Please
Till it's just smoke
Till it's only "Something just passed"
Nothing that will last.

Where I was what I was doing.

Nothing but the moment
Just an awful moment
But something just broke
But something just broke
But something just.