I got a rock in my stomach that I can’t drink away.
I’m sorry to be cryin’, man, but I’ve got this pain.
My momma’s dead, my brother’s nuts, another gets drunk
And I’m a sad, little Cinderella, but I ain’t got no pumpkin.
It hurts.
Well, my daddy’s gone so long, I don’t know him anymore.
He used to get messed up and crack his head on the floor,
And I would have to drag his drunken ass to the car.
Hell, I was only sweet sixteen when I met the E.R.
And you know that hurts.
It hurts.
Then there was my boyfriend. He got cancer and he died.
I pushed his chair, I cleaned him up, you know I stayed by his side.
It seems like everyone I know is either dying or dead.
No matter how you deal with it, it fucks with your head.
They drop like flies. You turn around and, yeah, there’s just one less,
And you ask how can I take it? Well, alright, I confess…
It hurts.
You know it hurts.
Well, when I see it here in black and white it doesn’t look very pretty.
But, hell, I’m just howlin’ at God, I ain’t lookin’ for pity,
And I won’t apologize for grievin’, ‘cause you know that sticks in my throat.
You start that pussy whining, it’s a slippery slope.
From this crazy perch I’m sittin’ on, the whole world looks out of whack,
And you’re in this by yourself, there ain’t no one got your back.
It just hurts.
Yeah it hurts.
credits
from Howl,
released May 17, 2016
words: Little Lynnie Legend
music: Little Lynnie Legend,Tommy Cangemi
drums: Gene Garfin
bass: Lon Osgood
guitar: Tommy Cangemi
guitar: Vincent Reynolds
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