Ma would never say what happened
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And we knew better than push too hard
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We knew we had all the chores to tend to
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Like fixing fences and helping her
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Washing dishes and making coffee
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Me and Virgil'd chop some wood
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But we'd stop our swinging
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Just to listen to her crying
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It didn't sound too good
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I can remember, too well
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But we never thought to pay much heed
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We learned to live life the best we could
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But then one day pa upped and left us
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High and dry without a word
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Seemed a pity
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My ma was pretty
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But I soon learned life ain't that way
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And I can remember hearing her weeping
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While we were sleeping next to her
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I can remember
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I'll never forgive and I'll never forget
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Cos pa you broke her heart
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Ooh pa you broke her heart
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You broke her heart
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Ooh pa you broke her heart
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Well the years rolled by
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And 'fore we knew it
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Our sister got married and moved out west
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I stayed with ma, cos I couldn't desert her
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I knew it would hurt her to be alone
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So we pulled tighter
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We said we'd try to make things easy
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And raise a smile
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But as the night came
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We'd hear her crying
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Praying for pa to come back again
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I can remember
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I'll never forgive him and I'll never forget
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Cos pa you broke her heart
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Oh pa you broke her heart
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And then the winter came
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I'd never known it colder
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Ooh it seemed the worst for years
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And the night she died I swear I saw her smiling
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Saying I was a big boy now, no tears
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So I packed up all we had, and Virgil got the horses
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And we paid our last respects and gave the whip a crack
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Ooh, seemed a big bad world, we were riding into
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Me and Virgil both agreed, we best head off
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And don't look back
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Nothing but desert all around
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Oh it made me wonder
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Lord it's hard to carry on
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When you're sick with hunger
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Weeks and months of sleeping rough
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Keeping clear of danger
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Seems we were miles from anywhere
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And too far gone to change it
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We'd best keep going, don't look back
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Well me and Virgil we beat the desert
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Riding fast and riding hard
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We hit the city, the past behind us
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So we raised some hell, we had some fun
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But real soon I met a lady oh so pretty, and oh so fine
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'fore too long I found myself married
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With a home of my own and a blue eyed son
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And 'til this day I can hear ma saying to me -
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"You're a big boy now"
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Me And Virgil
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Genesis |