Children of Children

Lyrics

Pictures of the farm before us
 Old men in a gospel Sephia and saddle horses
 Easy on the reins
 ‘81 a motor in your
 Mama's 17 again
 She's squinting at the dusty wind
 The anger of the plains
 You and I were almost nothing
 Pray to God that God was bluffing
 17 ain't old enough to reason with the pain
 How could we expect to stay in love
 When neither knew the meaning of the difference of sacred and profane
 I was riding on my mother's hip, she was shorter than the corn
 All the years I took from her, just by being born.
 Didn't mean to break the cycle
 At 17 I went by Michael
 No one ever called by my own name anyway
 Half full generations
 Living all these expectations
 Giving way to one, late to have a baby on the way
 You were riding on your mother's hip she was shorter than the corn
 All the years you took from her, just by being born.
 
 Pictures of the farm before us
 Old men in a gospel Sephia and saddle horses
 Easy on the reins
 ‘81 a motor in your
 Mama's 17 again
 She's squinting at the dusty wind
 The anger of the plains
 You and I were almost nothing
 Pray to God that God was bluffing
 17 ain't old enough to reason with the pain
 How could we expect to stay in love
 When neither knew the meaning of the difference of sacred and profane
 I was riding on my mother's hip, she was shorter than the corn
 All the years I took from her, just by being born.
 Didn't mean to break the cycle
 At 17 I went by Michael
 No one ever called by my own name anyway
 Half full generations
 Living all these expectations
 Giving way to one, late to have a baby on the way
 You were riding on your mother's hip she was shorter than the corn
 All the years you took from her, just by being born.
 

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Duration
05:49
Key
4
Tempo
73 BPM

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