La Cosa Nostra

Your brother cornered me last night at AJ's Hanger
He had a look in his eyes of a stranger
Then he reached for his blade and told me to say your name and everything went black
I woke up with his knife in my left hand
He was staring at the ceiling like 'what might have been?'
I grabbed his wallet and your mother's ring, and left out the back

Then your father showed up to my house with a car full of friends
I hopped sixteen fences, and crossed the river to try'n to get away from them
I made it to my brothers and stayed the night and booked a plane to Berlin
I spent the whole damn flight staring out the window and writing to you on this napkin

You can't beg forgiveness with men like them – oh, they've bent their hearts too far
They don't understand this thing of ours, this thing of ours

When they found Johnny, I wasn't surprised
They pulled him out of the river, his tongue nailed between his eyes
But it was news to me when they found his sister too
The RCMP started hanging around
They didn't say much but I heard it loud and now I know that what I heard was true
Well, some men think they're above the bible
Some men think they're above the law – some men just aren't born with anything to lose
But baby, if I die then I'd be nothing
And if ain't anything, then I ain't worth loving – baby, I'm afraid of death because I love you

Oh, the night I met you I crossed my stars – you were driving your daddy's car
They don't understand – this thing of ours
You can't beg forgiveness with men like them – oh, they've bent their hearts too far
They don't understand this thing of ours, this thing of ours

When I was younger, I lived on the corner, above a general store with my mother
Her boyfriend used to leave her black and blue
I spent many a-nights in my bedroom, thinking of him and what I'd do
Till I met your brother and he taught me I didn't have to
We took him out in the woods past highway 15
And we worked on his face til he couldn't be seen
We left him naked and bloody, and shivering in the morning dew
When my poor mother, who's sick in the head – your brother stood by me, next to her bed
And he told me that we killed him 'cause we had to

You can't beg forgiveness with men like them – oh, they've bent their hearts too far
They don't understand this thing of ours, this thing of ours
Oh, the night I met you I crossed my stars – you were driving your daddy's car
They don't understand – this thing of ours
They don't understand – this thing of ours
They don't understand – this thing of ours
This thing of ours