Radium girls

 

Didn't know any better,

didn't know any better,

and as the tears fall wetter,

the innocent bleed.

It's funny how the need

for innocent blood

always seems

to feed the greed.

 

They thought life would glow.

Radium girls beamed

wherever they chose to go.

The riches flowed.

like a dream.

complete with its own light show.

 

Jaw ripped open,

crumbled fine dust.

Jugular vein rains

red spray through

gurgled breath,

like a drainpipe started to rust.

Collapse, and death

had them firmly in its grasp.

Didn't know any better.

The blisters swell.

Didn't know any better,

but their bosses knew

only too well.

 

Radium girls,

ghosts on the street.

glowing in the night,

fine dust around their feet,

radiant shine to their teeth.

Radium girls,

phantoms on the prowl.

Walking dead.

their screams would howl.

When the pain became

too much for their light heads.

 

Didn't know any better,

Didn't know any better

and as the body shredding,

bloodletting

made the glow so much redder.

Their bosses hunched their shoulders,

lied and said they never knew any better.

 

 

 

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