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Family Portrait

So we start with my father as a boy barely spoke a word of English

Fell in love from a distance.

He watched her working from the back fence

He learned some words and some clever turns of phrase from his father's book of poets

She wasn't taken in that instant, but grew impressed with his persistenceThey met each other out by moonlight

Made love in the nearby woods

Then her folks became suspicious when her cycle broke that settled it

They stole away without their goodbyes

Got married in a foreign town

Made their way as best as they could

Found jobs and settled down

And then time moved onI was born in a river of blood on sheets from the wedding day

The room was dark and the stench was thick

My father couldn't stand the smell of it

Mama died in the night cause the nearest doctor couldn't stem the blood loss

Father cried out on the back porch

My sister held me at the neighbor's house

Oh my there was a storm then, there was a flood of a different kind

Father's eyes were often vacant, but his hands were rarely quiet

Sister learned to take her hits well, both from life and the physical kind

But I was never one to lie down, despite picked the fight

So we designed our hellsFather turned into a drinker, a dark bastard with a wooden heart

Sister learned to be a mother, before she never played another part

And I became a little terror, I lashed out at whatever's around

Took some time before I settled, to find a mind that was somewhat sound

And like it always does, time rushed on

Songwriters

BENJAMIN P COOPERPublished by

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