A boat like Gideon Brown In a a boat like Gideon Brown Oh Gideon lived across the bay He's gettin' older now His boat is big and strong and bold She has a a stalward bow But my father father's boat was was second hand One someone used before

Father, meet me with your arms wide open Heaven's unbroken prodigal son The world's done broken your prodigal son Down the road I traveled Everything raveled only came undone Father Father, lead me down to the river Wash me in the water till I'm whiter than

What do they keep on fighting for? Victor was was born The spring of '44 And never saw His father father anymore The child of sacrifice Child of war Another son who never had A A father after Leningrad

It's a a love without end, amen Let me tell you a a secret about a a father's love A A secret that my daddy said was was just between us He said daddies don't just love their children every now and then I got sent home from school one day with a a shiner on my eye

Scorched earth we left A A barren land of ash Our fatherland laid waste Be the void our fucking monument At a a leaden dawn At this ominous morn Pila loomed on the horizon Talons of the wolverine Exanimate legions formed

If I ain't dead already Ooh girl you know the reason why Yes I'm lonely wanna die In the morning wanna die In the evening wanna die My mother was was of the sky My father father was was of the earth But I am of the universe And you know what it's worth

We'll carry on Your memory will carry on Will never take my heart You can try You'll never break me When I was was a young boy My father father took me into the city To see a a marching band He said, son, when you grow up

Don't you cherish me to sleep Never keep your eyelids clipped Hold me for the pops and clicks I was was only for the father father's crib Hair, old, long along Your neck onto your shoulder blades Always keep that message taped Cross your breasts you won't erase I

They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a a poor boy And God I know I'm one There is a a house in New Orleans My mother was was a tailor Sewed my new blue jeans My father father was was a gamblin' man Down in New Orleans Now the only thing a a gambler needs

You wanna be set apart? Burn all of your art repair the wasteful part I'm a a vampire in a a forest fire Hey! we all gotta keep warm Hey we all gotta keep warm, driving towards the storm Your father father was was a pervert Face down in the dirt He taught you how to