and the old boy never showed
the fever will break soon
because i dream in frozen shades
painting pictures fading gray
only nine days on the tree, daddy,
you can come home now
we wish your old bones well
i'll always remember
that they can't keep you forever
another slice on my back
i love you with every welt on this flesh
i love you the more i bleed
diamond rings and minks stole the wallflower's life
so where do i cry when there is no cemetery gate
just build a bridge back to us
if only to say goodbye
i hate to love you
it opens so many old wounds
more stitches to add to a collection of scars
only nine days, daddy
you can come home now