So please, play for me a sad melody
So sad that it makes everybody cry
A real hurtin’ song about a love tha’s gone wrong
‘Cause I don’t wanna cry all alone
Daddy hates mommy, mommy hates dad,
Last night you shoulda heard the fight they had,
Gave little sister another bad dream,
She woke us all up with a terrible scream.
Now I remember after work,
Mama would call in all of us.
You could hear us singing for a country mile.
Now little brother has done gone on.
But, I’ll rejoin him in a song.
We’ll be together again up yonder in a little while.
Cheat on your taxes, don’t be a fool
Now, what was that they said about a Golden Rule?
Well, never mind the rules, just play to win
And hate your neighbor for the shade of their skin.
You left me and you went away
You said that you’d be back in just a day
You’ve broken your promise and you left me here alone
I don’t know why you did dear but I do know that you’re gone.
Well, it was bound to happen
One night it did
Papa came home and it was just us kids
He had a dozen roses and a bottle of wine
If he was lookin to surprise he was doin’ fine
Well I heard him call for momma up and down the hall
And I heard the bottle break against the bedroom wall
That ol’ Diesel engine made an eiry sound
When papa fired it up and headed into town.