Diamonds in the Coal
Pity my brothe
For how he's suffered m
Through nameless town
And cold prairi
For restless wome
At the end of the lin
Who tendered checks fo
A promise divin
Cash as quick as "vegas"
Like "vegas" in a drea
I work this charismatic rus
For my brother's peace and bein
Sittin' tight in Molin
The money on the be
With every memory sharp to m
And the fear of times ahea
Maybe the good boo
Came from the divin
Or maybe it was writte
Just to keep us in lin
The mistakes of the sage
Make the rules for the fool
So father forgive m
For bendin' the rules...
Well, mister he improved som
With the money I scamme
Some days his light shines as brigh
As the light of the promised lan
Death was often somethin
We freely would discus
When he was ten and I was twelv
And the spectre would often brus
In and out of treatment
Since twenty months of ag
At eighteen the insuranc
No longer would maintai
And my old man in the kitche
His hands upon his fac
Did weep to shake his very sou
In the darkness of this plac
Maybe the good boo
Came from the divin
Or maybe it was writte
Just to keep us in lin
The mistakes of the sage
Make the rules for the fool
So father forgive m
For bendin' the rules...
Hold me Saint Christophe
Over every county lin
Overlook my blasphem
For the sake of buying tim
Grant him days of laughte
Bestow me clemenc
He sleeps soft in the backsea
His freedom from ordea
To every ruddy youngste
Off free in summer's field
And every young lass poised to clai
Her share of what love yield
To all the grieving angel
And the litany of saint
I am my brother's keepe
To what end decides the fate
Maybe the good boo
Came from the divin
Or maybe it was writte
Just to keep us in lin
The mistakes of the sage
Make the rules for the fool
So father for give m
For bendin' the rules.....
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