[00:55.42]So we start with my father as a boy
[00:59.54]Barely spoke a word of English
[01:01.87]Fell in love from a distance
[01:03.80]He watched her working from the back fence
[01:07.03]He learned some words
[01:08.33]And some clever turns of phrase
[01:10.28]From his father’s book of poets
[01:13.16]She wasn’t taken in that instant
[01:15.92]But grew impressed with his persistence
[01:19.36]They met each other out by moonlight
[01:22.10]Made love in the nearby woods
[01:25.16]Then the folks became suspicious
[01:28.04]When her cycle broken so young (?)【？】
[01:30.60]They stole away without their goodbyes
[01:33.43]Got married in a foreign town
[01:36.84]Made their way as best as they could
[01:39.70]Found jobs and settled down
[01:44.04]And then time moved on
[02:12.19]I was born in a river of blood
[02:14.99]On sheets from the wedding day
[02:17.82]The room was dark and the stench was thick
[02:20.72]My father couldn’t stand the smell of it
[02:23.61]Mama died in the night cos the nearest
[02:26.90]Doctor couldn’t stem the blood loss
[02:29.54]Father cried out on the back porch
[02:32.27]My sister held me at the neighbor’s house
[02:35.50]Oh my, there was a storm then
[02:37.89]It was a flood of a different kind
[02:41.20]Father’s eyes were often vacant
[02:44.13]But his hands were rarely quiet
[02:47.01]Sister learned to take her hits well
[02:49.87]Both from life and the physical kind
[02:52.88]But I was never one to lie down
[02:55.93]Despite who picked the fight
[02:58.75]So we designed our hells
[03:29.34]Father turned into a drinker
[03:31.80]A dark bastard with a wooden heart
[03:34.67]Sister learned to be a mother
[03:37.57]Before she’d ever played another part
[03:40.56]And I became a little terror
[03:43.43]I lashed out at whatever’s around
[03:46.43]Took some time before I settled
[03:49.30]And found a mind that was somewhat sound
[03:52.40]And as it always does
[03:56.84]Time rushed on
[04:09.85]Six years later father died in the very same bedroom
[04:15.66]Many said it was the grief that did it
[04:18.60]I have to say it’s cos he hung himself
[04:21.51]To be honest neither sister or myself
[04:24.69]Ever much regret his passin’
[04:27.32]But I admit it was a nice thing
[04:30.43]To always know that we could feed ourselves