Fair Shot - Slaughter Beach, Dog

Under the sun I hear

My sister in the street

Call out to me

They pulled the car by close

So she could see

Her family

The stupid kid won’t eat

Won’t speak or look at me

He asks for you

He never did quite what

You told him to

Now all the day our hairs turn gray

Earth moves painfully slow

We all get one fair shot

But I think that i forgot

If mine came and went long ago

In your room old boxes

Buckle in the heat

The walls are bare

I never was sure what

You did in there

Today the kid’s so mean I

Stay out of his way

He hates to lose

I think he saw that

Photograph of you

On the news

I’d just stepped in from work

And he’s got blood all down his shirt

He’s standing across from me

And he says 'you've been so very nice

But you won’t bear this burden twice'