Mama Swore It'D Be Alright

I grew up shooting pool and dancing on the bar Mama said with enough buise anyone could be a star Daddy was in the back room chasin' skirts Mama was in the parking lot dancin' with Mary Jane just to mask the hurt I've spent my life walkin' around in a cloudy haze I'm taunted by the memory of my early days Daddy spent alot of time drivng an eighteen wheeler Each night Mama brought home a new "sexual healer" I didn't usually get a chance to catch his name But it almost always ended the same I heard her scream as glass would break My heart would stop with each breath I was scared to take Sirens and lights flooded our streets as I approached another long night As I dried her tears and cleaned her blood Mama swore it'd be alright She forgot to mention that it'd happen again Both my brothers had thier own bed in the federal pen Cancer took Granny's last breath right about then My sisters and I weren't strangers to rape As we grew older we each seeked our o0wn escape I guess I chose the hardest road Somehow I thought drugs and men could ease my burdened load While hiding from myself I lived a life of crime I earned a reputation and did my time I heard her scream as glass would break My heart would stop with each breath I was scared to take Sirens and lights flooded our streets as I approached another long night As I dried her tears and cleaned her blood Mama swore it'd be alright She forgot to mention that it'd happen again