Buy The Roots http://radicalface.com/store.html Intro (starting at :31 with the piano): D A (x2) D (xx0232@1) ASo (x02220@1)we start with my father as a boy barely spoke a word of english fell in Dlove (xx0232@1)from a distance he watched her working from the back fence He learned some words and some clever turns of phrase from his father's A (x02220@1) Ebook (022100@1)of poets, she wasn't taken in that instant, but grew impressed with his persistence. D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) AThey (x02220@1)met each other out by moonlight, made love in the nearby woods, then C#m (x13321@4) Dher (xx0232@1)folks became suspicious when her cycle broke and (?). They stole E (022100@1) Aaway (x02220@1)without their goodbyes, got married in a foreign town, made their way C#m (x13321@4) D (xx0232@1) Eas (022100@1)best as they could. Found jobs and settled down. And then time moved on. Interlude: D A (x2) D (xx0232@1) AI (x02220@1)was born in a river of blood on sheets from the wedding day. The room was dark and the stench was thick my father couldn't stand the smell of it. DMama (xx0232@1)died in the night cause the nearest doctor couldn't stem the blood A (x02220@1) Eloss. (022100@1)Father cried out on the back porch. My sister held me at the D (xx0232@1) Eneighbor's (022100@1)house. Oh my there was a storm then, there was a flood of a A (x02220@1) C#mdifferent (x13321@4)kind. Father's eyes were often vacant, but his hands were rarely D (xx0232@1) Equiet. (022100@1)Sister learned to take her hits well, both from life and the A (x02220@1) C#mphysical (x13321@4)kind, but I was never one to lie down, despite who picked the D (xx0232@1) Efight. (022100@1)So we designed our hells. Interlude: A D E (x2) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) AFather (x02220@1)turned into a drinker, a dark bastard with a wooden heart. Sister C#m (x13321@4) Dlearned (xx0232@1)to be a mother, before she ever played another part. And I became a E (022100@1) Alittle (x02220@1)terror, I lashed out at whatever's around. Took some time before I C#m (x13321@4) D (xx0232@1) Esettled, (022100@1)to find a mind that was somewhat sound. And like it always does, A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) Etime (022100@1)rushed on. A (x02220@1) DSix (xx0232@1)years later father died in the very same bedroom. Many said it was the E (022100@1) Agrief (x02220@1)that did it, I have to say it's cause he hung himself. To be honest Dneither (xx0232@1)sister nor myself ever much regret his passing. But I admit it was E (022100@1) Aa (x02220@1)nice thing, to always know that we could feed ourselves. -Ben Malley
