Lyrics Medicinals - PJ Harvey
I
was
walking
through
the
National
Mall
Thinking
about
medicinals,
how
they
used
to
grow
there
When
the
ground
was
a
marshland
Undisturbed
by
human
hands,
and
I
heard
their
voices:
Sumac
said
"We're
always
here"
Witch
Hazel
- "We're
always
here"
Sassafras
- "We're
always
here"
Bluestem
grasses
always
here
I
looked
about,
and
what
I
see?
Medicinals
grow
around
me,
rising
from
the
gravel
Sumac
and
the
Witch
Hazel
Come
to
soothe
our
primal
sores,
come
to
soothe
our
troubles
Sumac
said
"We're
always
here"
Witch
Hazel
- "We're
always
here"
Sassafras
- "We're
always
here"
Bluestem
grass
is
always
here
But
do
you
see
that
woman,
sitting
in
the
wheelchair?
With
her
Redskins
cap
on
backwards
What's
that
she's
singing?
As
from
inside
a
paper
wrapper
She
sips
from
a
bottle
A
new
painkiller
For
the
native
people
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