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Middle Aged Man​’​s Body – Fish Creek – 2002

from little stories told by ghosts by dunnock

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lyrics

I’ve never been very good
I never was very good to you
I drank and beat you
but I was your dad
Smith & Wesson
Model 36

my sock drawer
wrapped in a rag
bullets in a preserves jar

and last night
we had a fight
and I walked out the door

and last night
we had a fight
and nothing will ever be alright again

You followed me
You murdered me
and left me lying there

you followed me
you murdered me
and out came blood and water


I walked down to the creek
forgot my winter jacket

past the swing set
Where we slaughtered pigs

the family stones
covered with snow
my father and my grandparents

the rusty trucks against the barn
we knew we’d never fix

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when you were a baby
and wouldn’t fall asleep at night
your mama would put you in the passenger seat
of our green Chevy Blazer
and drive up and down Cameron Ridge
Tires kicking up gravel

and the deer would freeze for a second
in the headlights
and then dart out of the way
and the trees cast shadows

and the radio was tuned to WWVA 98.7
playing Ronnie Milsap
and TG Sheppard
and Dottie West
Alabama
Eddie Rabbitt
Johnny Lee

and I was at home
listening to the same songs
at the same time
with a bottle of jack on the table
and all the guns
save one
on the rack downstairs

credits

from little stories told by ghosts, released May 18, 2018

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