THE DINING ROOM
FELL SILENT
I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT
I JUST SAID
I JUST TOLD MY DAD
HE'S FULL OF IT
AND I WATCHED HIS
FACE TURN RED
AND I SHOULD'VE
SAID I'M SORRY
BUT I MATCHED HIM
SHOUT FOR SHOUT
I CAN STILL HEAR THAT
SCREEN DOOR SLAMMIN'
THE NIGHT
I CALLED HIM OUT
HE SAID SON IT'S
GONNA HURT ME
MORE THAN IT
HURTS YOU
BUT SOMEHOW I COULDN'T
HELP BUT HAVE MY DOUBTS
'CAUSE I'D SEEN MY
OLDER BROTHERS
CRAWL BACK IN
THE HOUSE
EACH TIME THEY
CALLED THE OLD
MAN OUT
FIST TO FIST AND
EYE TO EYE
STANDIN' TOE
TO TOE
HE WOULD'VE LET
ME WALK AWAY
BUT I JUST WOULD
NOT LET IT GO
YEARS OF MY
FRUSTRATION
HAD LEAD ME TO
THIS NIGHT
NOW HE'LL PAY FOR
ALL THE TIMES
THAT HE'S BEEN
RIGHT
AND HE SAID
SON IT'S GONNA
HURT ME
MORE THAN IT
HURTS YOU
BUT SOMEHOW
I COULDN'T
HELP BUT HAVE
MY DOUBTS
'CAUSE I'D SEEN MY
OLDER BROTHERS
CRAWL BACK IN
THE HOUSE
EACH TIME THEY CALLED
THE OLD MAN OUT
IT WAS OVER IN
A MINUTE
AND THAT'S WHEN
I REALIZED
THE BLOOD CAME FROM
MY MOUTH AND NOSE
BUT THE TEARS CAME
FROM HIS EYES
AND IN MEMORY OF THAT
FATEFUL NIGHT
I KNOW THE GREATEST
PAIN WAS HIS
AND I JUST PRAY
SOME DAY
I'M HALF THE MAN
HE IS
AND HE SAID SON
IT'S GONNA HURT ME
MORE THAN IT
HURTS YOU
BUT SOMEHOW
I COULDN'T
HELP BUT HAVE
MY DOUBTS
'CAUSE I'D SEEN MY
OLDER BROTHERS
CRAWL BACK IN
THE HOUSE
EACH TIME THEY
CALLED THE OLD
MAN OUT
JUST LIKE MY
OLDER BROTHERS
I CRAWLED BACK
IN THE HOUSE
THE NIGHT I CALLED
THE OLD MAN OUT