Blood

Older brother, restless soul, lie down
 Lie for a while with your ear against the earth
 And you'll hear your sister sleep-talking
 Say, "Your hair is long, but not long enough to reach
 Home to me
 But your beard
 Someday might be"
 And she'll wake up in a cold sweat on the floor
 Next to a family portrait drawn when you were four
 And beside a jar of two cent coins that are no good no more
 She'll lay it aside
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 Older father, weary soul, you'll drive
 Back to the home you made on the mountainside
 With that ugly, terrible thing
 Those papers for divorce and a lonely ring
 A lonely ring
 Sit on your porch
 And pluck your strings
 Oh, and you'll find somebody you can blame
 And you'll follow the creek that runs out into the sea
 And you'll find the peace of the Lord
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 Grandfather, weary soul, you'll fly
 Over your life once more before you die
 Since our grandma passed away
 You've waited for forever and a day
 Just to die
 Someday soon
 You will die
 Oh, it was the only woman you ever loved
 That got burnt by the sun too often when she was young
 And the cancer spread
 And it ran into her body and her blood
 And there's nothing you can do about it now
 
 Older brother, restless soul, lie down
 Lie for a while with your ear against the earth
 And you'll hear your sister sleep-talking
 Say, "Your hair is long, but not long enough to reach
 Home to me
 But your beard
 Someday might be"
 And she'll wake up in a cold sweat on the floor
 Next to a family portrait drawn when you were four
 And beside a jar of two cent coins that are no good no more
 She'll lay it aside
 ♪
 Older father, weary soul, you'll drive
 Back to the home you made on the mountainside
 With that ugly, terrible thing
 Those papers for divorce and a lonely ring
 A lonely ring
 Sit on your porch
 And pluck your strings
 Oh, and you'll find somebody you can blame
 And you'll follow the creek that runs out into the sea
 And you'll find the peace of the Lord
 ♪
 Grandfather, weary soul, you'll fly
 Over your life once more before you die
 Since our grandma passed away
 You've waited for forever and a day
 Just to die
 Someday soon
 You will die
 Oh, it was the only woman you ever loved
 That got burnt by the sun too often when she was young
 And the cancer spread
 And it ran into her body and her blood
 And there's nothing you can do about it now