| You and mother would cry when dad went away
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| Selling his watches and chains
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| He’d be gone for a while
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| Weeks at a time
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| The neighbors all started to say
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| You and your mother should not disagree that he’s wasting away
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| (Wasting) Wasting, wasting away
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| All of his morals, theology
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| Have been left to decay
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| (Left to) Left to decay
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| Where is your meat?
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| Where is your fruit, where is your bread
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| Have you eaten today?
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| (Have you) Have you eaten today?
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| You and your mother would say
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| Pay them no heed, they don’t know what they say
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| They don’t know what they say
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| Then your father would come home
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| All of your doubts, questions, and worries were gone
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| The house across the street
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| The rumors and lies they were near
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| You and your mother should not disagree that he’s wasting away
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| (Wasting) Wasting, wasting away
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| All of his morals, theology
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| Have been left to decay
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| (Left to) Left to decay
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| Where is your meat?
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| Where is your fruit, where is your bread
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| Have you eaten today?
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| (Have you) Have you eaten today?
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| You and your mother would say
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| Pay them no heed, they don’t know what they say
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| They don’t know what they say
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| So get your bible and read
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| The passages written for thee
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| So rumors don’t set in as truth
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| So your neighbor’s lies don’t get to you
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| And you and your mom shouldn’t cry
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| For dad will be home in due time
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| He has only left to provide
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| A meal and a roof to stay dry |