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I was born in Rochester To a book makin' man Had a fake cigar shop With a game zone in the back See them coming and going Let them ride on thoroughbreds Police chief and [?] wondering what's was the spread I carried rich men bag through the branch Trying to chase a little white ball I learnt that any soft place wasn't good for me at all Daddy'd come home fired up looking for some sort of reliefs He beat the hell out of Timmy, Timmy beat the hell out of me I would hop the fence out to this government fields Run 'til there was nothing more to feel Lying there watching planes just disappear Knowing one day I'm gonna fly up out of here Well that same police chief came knockin' my first freshman day Put my daddy in handcuffs and his picture on the front page Took every one of of his suits and all my dignity Walk the halls of the rondo court waiting for any punk to set me free I would hop the fence out to this government fields Run 'til there was nothing more to feel Lying there watching planes just disappear Knowing one day I'm gonna fly up out of here Well I got the call to Vietnam just like everyone else I knew So scared of the hand grenades, threw them farther than any other troop I came home like an iron fist and Timmy tried to take my keys Ripped open his front pocket, that was the last time he touched me Moved to an island out west up to Breckenridge Met a mermaid on a glass boat and she promised me some kids Bought a house in Oregon where you could touch both of the walls Had a son called Benjamin and I was so scared of it all Benjamin walked in the front room where I was cutting up my hash Looked into those deep blue eyes wondering why I'd been so mad Flushed a quarter pound down the drain, praying for the mercy to confess Trying to rip the boy from Rochester right out of my chest We're gonna walk right out in to these heavenly fields Run like it was no more time to steal My three boys and the grace of God reveal Knowing one day you're gonna take me out of here Knowing one day you're gonna take me out of here |