Your house is gone and so are you   Your husband died in '92, your family's spread out   You were the glue, your things divided   Center is falling through, you taught me well   I said, "Goodbye, Miriam"      Well, that blue coat and gray wool pants   Those things you bought, I never gave a chance   That I'd outfit swore, would open up   Every single door, you taught me well   I said, "Goodbye, Miriam"      A cross was burned in 23, a black barber's yard   Down your street but you should be afraid   Your father said, "That cross was burned for you and me"   Stays in my head, you taught me well   I said, "Goodbye, Miriam"      Well, on your bed in '93, I held your hand   You looked at me, you couldn't speak   All that morphine, your last days   Spent in dreams, you said a lie   I said, "Goodbye"