Lyrics

[Spoken] A picture from life's other side I was ridin' with Woody in his car one day along on the belt parkway there, in that old Plymouth A black, four door Plymouth Woody was just drivin' along with his, kind of, head throwed back in a reflective tilt Squintin' down his nose at the whatever traffic might've been ahead of us, there on the road, and kinda keepin' her on the road And he, uh, Cisco had come to visit us I was so excited to finally meet the great Cisco Houston, I'd heard a lot of stories about him from Woody and Marjorie Cisco was ridin' in the backseat, I was ridin' shotgun, and Woody's tellin' a story And then, they decided to sing this song that I'd nevеr heard before A picturе from life's other side And Cisco leaned forward from the backseat, so he could get closer to Woody and sing in his right ear And I was there, just inches away, hearin' them harmonizing on this wonderful song And it's the only time I ever heard that song sung And I remembered it for years later as a memory of this wonderful tune and melody Only I never learned it and I never got all the words, until just now So, here we go In the world's mighty gallery of pictures There are scenes that are painted from life Scenes of youth and of beauty Scenes of hardship and strife Scenes of wealth and of plenty Old age and a blushing young bride Hang on the wall but the saddest of all Is a picture from life's other side A picture from life's other side Somebody has fell by the way And a life has gone out with the tide That might've been happy someday Some poor mother at home Watching and waiting alone Longing to hear from her loved one, so dear That's a picture from life's other side Now the first scene is one of two brothers Their paths of life differently led One lives in luxury and riches And the other one begs for his bread One night they met on the highway "Your money or life, sir", one cried Then with his knife, took his own brother's life That's a picture from life's other side [Instrumental Break] Now the next scene is down by the river A heartbroken mother and babe In the harbor lights glare see them shiver An outcast that no one will save Well, once she was once a true woman Somebody's darlin' and pride God help her, she leaps as no one can reach That's a picture from life's other side A picture from life's other side Somebody has fell by the way And a life has gone out with the tide That might have been happy someday Some poor mother at home Is watching and waiting alone Longing to hear from her loved one, so dear That's a picture from life's other side