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My daddy never gave me good advice He didn't tell me once to think twice Spent most his days chillin' with his crew Drunk by two on Special Brew I was just the boy that Pa forgot Couldn't give a damn if I lived or not Don't remember ever kickin' a ball Can't recall nothin' much at all 'Cept the stubble on your chin And the roughness on my skin Sent shivers through my spine When you kissed me goodnight My Momma told be I was gonna be Someone special, she believed in me Gave all the love I could ever need Then upped and left when I was just fifteen Momma I know why you had to leave But to this day I still can't believe What were you thinking? What was on your mind? How could you leave your flesh and blood behind? All I'm left with is your sin And the bitter-sweet smell of Gin Breathing softly in my ear at night When you held me so tight My sister was the apple of my Daddy's eye Could do no wrong - no, never, nigh Into his open arms I'd often watch her fly Close my eyes, deep down inside I'd cry So when you moved out of house and town, Sister You'll never know how much our daddy missed ya From that day forward he was rarely the same Big Sis, can you guess who got the blame? Days now locked in the past Time between seems to have travelled so fast One memory of us still makes my heart ache Late at night you'd ask if I was still awake Which leaves me, my Mother's pearl My Father's thorn, a siblings rival Such promise wrapped in a thin veil Named hope headed for a destination called fail Seems like for a decade I fell asleep For ten years I was known as Black Sheep Then one day God made a collect call It brought us together, I love you Uncle My family, those people closest to me Father, mother and Sister for eternity What hope is there for you three and me? Who's gonna save this Family Tree? I think it's me |