A Picture from Two Sides of Life (1995) Lyrics

In the world's mighty gallery of pictures
There's scenes that are painted from life
Scenes of youth and of beauty
Scenes of hardships 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 have been happy some day
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

Now the first scene is one of two brothers
Their paths in life differently led
One lived in luxury and riches
And the other one begged 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

Now the next scene is down by the river
A heart-broken mother and babe
In the harbor light glare see them shiver
Outcasts that no one will save
Once she was a true woman
Somebody's darling and pride
God help her, she leaps,
There's no one to weep
That's a picture from life's other side

Just 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 some day
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