The Deeper In

By the time you were born there were four other siblings

with your Mama awaiting your Daddy in jail

Your oldest brother was away at a home

and You didn’t meet him til you was nineteen years old

Old enough to know better, old enough to know better

but you took to his jaw line and long sandy hair

How he made you feel like none off the others

and the way he looked at you touched you deep down in there.

So you jumped on his bike and rode into the sunset

but the sequel it started with the next morning sun

and the dew on the bike seat and you all a glow

from the love he put in you and a life on the run.

Now, the District Attorney said He might of forgiven

You had lots of reasons to turn out this way

But He’ll throw you in jail for them four little babies

you made and delivered along the way

Last night you had a dream about a Lord so forgiving

He might show compassion for a heathen he damned

You awoke in a jail cell, alone and so lonely

Seven years in Michigan