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In the world's mighty gallery of pictures
Hang the scenes that are painted from life
There's pictures of love and of passion
There's pictures of stress and of strife
There's pictures of youth and of beauty
Of old age and the blushing young bride
They all hang on the wall
But the saddest of all
Are the pictures from life's other side
Just a picture from life's other side
Someone has fell by the way
A life has gone out with the tide
That might have been happy someday
There's a poor old mother at home
Who's watching and waiting alone
Just longing to hear from a loved one so dear
It's just a picture from life's other side
Now the first scene is that of a gambler
Who had lost all his money at play
He draws his dead mother's ring from his finger
That she wore long ago on her wedding day
It's his last earthly treasure, he stakes it
And bows his head that his shame he might hide
When they lifted his head, they found he was dead
That's just a picture from life's other side
Now the last scene is that by the river
Of a heartbroken mother and babe
As the harbor lights shine and they shiver
On an outcast whom no one will save
And yet, she was once a true woman
Someone's darling and pride
God help her, she leaps
But there's no one to weep
That's just a picture from life's other side
Just a picture from life's other side
Someone has fell by the way
A life has gone out with the tide
That might have been happy one day
There's a poor old mother at home
Who's watching and waiting alone
Just longing to hear from a loved one so dear
It's just a picture from life's other side
Just longing to hear from a loved one so dear
It's just a picture from life's other side
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