Howard's Tale-Sick Puppies

[ti:Howard's Tale] [ar:Sick Puppies] [al:Dressed Up As Life] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Howard's Tale - Sick Puppies [00:22.12]Age five just a little boy shy [00:24.13]Is he ready for the big surprise [00:26.36] [00:27.34]He'll be playin' Lego in a dream [00:29.38]When the shadows come to life [00:31.34] [00:32.56]Age nine then he should've been fine [00:34.90]With a secret he's sure to keep [00:36.77] [00:37.76]Two times and they tell a little lie [00:40.12]For the sake of him and me [00:41.92] [00:43.09]Now it's over [00:44.75] [00:45.71]I need closure [00:47.55] [00:48.13]Hey look what you did to me [00:52.49]While you were ticking me off [00:54.43]Gotta be stoned leave me alone [00:57.27] [00:58.25]I'm waiting for mom to comfort me [01:02.67]But when I open my mouth [01:06.14] [01:06.77]Don't say nothing [01:08.29] [01:19.85]Age twelve and it isn't going well [01:21.63]Now he's three years to the day [01:23.82] [01:24.52]Confused but unlike you [01:26.86]This feeling won't go away [01:28.96] [01:30.07]Sixteen and the woman down the street [01:32.19]Has invited him to come inside [01:34.23] [01:35.24]First time and it didn't feel right [01:37.34]It'll be the last time he tries [01:39.61] [01:40.52]Hey look what you did to me [01:44.58]While you were ticking me off [01:46.47]Gotta be stoned leave me alone [01:49.44] [01:50.50]I'm waiting for mom to comfort me [01:54.99]But when I open my mouth [01:59.05]Don't say nothing's wrong [02:01.84] [02:04.06]I won't say nothing's wrong [02:07.22] [02:11.82]I won't say I won't say [02:13.75] [02:14.29]I won't say I won't say [02:16.08] [02:16.87]I won't say I won't say [02:18.82] [02:32.52]Seventeen and all he's ever seen is [02:34.80]A limit in between the lies [02:36.89] [02:37.63]It's kind of funny how a mind [02:39.66]Can keep living in denial [02:41.90] [02:42.86]Eighteen is a very strange scene [02:44.95]And he's still playin with the past [02:47.12] [02:48.11]Expelled maybe someone could've helped [02:50.01]If someone had known to ask [02:52.13] [02:53.10]Hey look what you did to me [02:57.27]While you were ticking me off [02:59.39]Gotta be stoned leave me alone [03:02.44] [03:03.11]I'm waiting for mom to comfort me [03:07.64]But when I open my mouth [03:11.76]Don't say nothing [03:13.90] [03:55.97]Nineteen and he's innocently [03:57.66]Parked right beside a school [03:59.86] [04:00.81]He stares at a boy sittin' there [04:02.66]And the boy stares at him too [04:04.95] [04:06.01]He walks over [04:07.70] [04:08.84]He needs closure