Perryville - Dan Potthast

Before I was born

My grandma and my grandpa and my mother

Drove the car to Perryville with my two older brothers

Now all kids know that there’s lots of fun things to do in summer

But mom and grandma and grandpa had an idea like no other

Some kids go to the park

Try to catch lightning bugs when it gets dark

And some kids go to the baseball game

And if they behave out for ice cream

But my two brothers got the treat of their life

When they rolled into Perryville that summer night

They got out of the car and went into a house of worship

Walked past some pews and ahead lay the purpose of their trip Behind some glass

below the altar a little girl was petrified

As she received her 1st communion her father shot her between the eyes

Some kids go to the park

Try to catch lightning bugs when it gets dark

And some kids go to the baseball game

And if they behave out for ice cream

But my two brothers got the treat of their life

When they saw the rocky miracle before their eyes

It’s not just a joke, she wasn’t just scared, she really turned to stone

So her evil pagan father could see what a terrible, awful thing he had done

My mom said that the girl and her dress didn’t look so good

They were kind of rotten

Both my brothers shied away, mom doesn’t think they understood

No they were to young to know that

Some kids go to the park

Try to catch lightning bugs when it gets dark

And some kids go to the baseball game

And if they behave out for ice cream

But my two brothers got the treat of their life

When they saw the rotting girl in front of their eyes