Father's Son

In the glare of a neon sign
She laid her body down,
The damned walked in beside her
And laid his money down.

He said, “Don't try to scream now
But I want this one to hurt,
And tonight, my pretty one,
I'm gonna get my money's worth”.

He said, “They never listen”.
She said, “They'd never understand
That I don't do this for pleasure,
I just do it ‘cause I can.

I swear, I didn't want to,
And I swear I didn't know,
That things like this could happen
To a seventeen-year old”.

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And I've bundled up all these fears inside,
And I've bottled up all of this pain,
And no one or nothing can take this away,
But I won't let it happen again,
Never again.

In the haze of a smoky room
He chokes that bottle down,
It's been a month since her saw her face
Underneath the blood stained gown.

He thinks about that little girl,
And the one he has at home,
And wonders, what if that was my little girl
Walking down that road alone.

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Maybe I'm just crazy or the devil got inside,
But either way my soul is gone, and I'll end this all tonight,
The one hand throws the whiskey, and the other throws the gun,
As he cries out to the heavens,
“I am not my father's son!”

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