Bostons
(专辑: Songs To Scream At The Sun - 2008)
Old man, I
heard some things about the
boy you used to be No father, no king, just a
broken old man broken by the
whiskey Too afraid to stay, too smart to not leave Too young to be a
bird who forgot to sing And a
ground that never knew the
knees Of a
boy and his own tale of two cities "Sometimes a
man breaks, sometimes he can't bend When his youth is a
wound time won't mend (Never the
best of times) Sometimes a
man breaks, sometimes he can't bend At the
thought of peace as something only lent (Only the
worst of mine) Sometimes a
man breaks, sometimes he can't bend When his son is another one who won't understand" The
Irish temper, it's history's chains And the
bottle's stain that just won't wash away But a
seed was planted in the
sod of nothingness from which you came And flowers grew and roses bloomed To form this garden of a
life you've made And in this city you once knew as hell Is a
garden where I
enjoy myself And in this father I
hardly know Was a
son who took back what the
bottle stole So I
could be the
boy you couldn't be Have the
father you didn't get to see Have the
youth you did not get to live Or feel the
love this world forgot to give And for this gift I
don't deserve to get I'll make damn sure I
earn this "O' your friends say Boston's beautiful But they didn't live here, they didn't die here In the
Hyde Park years O' your friends say Boston's beautiful But they didn't live hard, they didn't die hard When sons dragged out their fathers from bars O' your friends say Boston's beautiful But they didn't dream here, they didn't scream here When no one hears O' your friends say Boston's beautiful But they didn't hide here, they didn't cry here When little boys weren't allowed to shed their tears" There just aren't enough men like you