Curse of the Witches

Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?

It was 21 years ago mother spoke to me

And said the duration of the seed to the root of our family tree

Was struck with the curse of the witches

Blackened and evil

They were then proved and condemned by the Quakers and Puritans

'I thought our branches and sprouts were ever clear, but one leaf is dark'

With tear in eye, and heart of love, she said she would leave

Then with a questioned expression she asked, 'Do you believe?'

She was sentenced by her accusers, to be secretly burned to the stake

Till death comes

But as the years went by, everything got so much better for me

I found a wife who had my child, they were good and healthy and we got so wealthy

Once strange thing happened though

As my daughter reached six years old

She had trouble getting along with one boy who sang the song

She then wished that he would die

And the next day he was dead

The people of the town said she must pay

For having the curse of the witch she must be burned at the stake

Her mother and I we fought and screamed for her to live

But when the judge had his say, quote: 'To end her curse-filled life, she must die'

With tears in eye and hearts of love, we should said she had to leave

Then with a questioned expression she asked, 'Do you believe?'

She was sentenced by her accusers to be secretly burned to the stake

Till death comes

Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?

My wife, she couldn't take it, her heart was much too weak

It was the day her heart stopped beating I knew it was too late

Without a friend to talk to there is no reason to speak

The love I had for the town had completely turned to hate

With tear in eye and no heart at all, I knew I would leave

Then looked, looked up to the sky and asked

'Who can I believe?'

Everything hurts so much I can't take it

To be happy I'll have to wait till death comes