Family Portrait-Radical Face

[ti:Family Portrait] [ar:Radical Face] [al:The Family Tree：The Roots (Deluxe Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Family Portrait - Radical Face [00:55.91]So we start with my father as a boy barely spoke a word of english fell in love from a distance He watched her working from the back fence [01:07.37]He learned some words and some clever turns of phrase from his father's book of poets [01:13.35]She wasn't taken in that instant but grew impressed with his persistence [01:19.38]They met each other out by moonlight **** **** in the nearby woods then her folks became suspicious when her cycle broke that settled it [01:30.91]They stole away without their goodbyes got married in a foreign town made their way as best as they could Found jobs and settled down And then time moved on [02:12.33]I was born in a river of blood on sheets from the wedding day [02:17.98]The room was dark and the stench was thick [02:20.59]My father couldn't stand the smell of it [02:23.56]Mama died in the night cause the nearest doctor couldn't stem the blood loss [02:29.48]Father cried out on the back porch [02:32.51]My sister held me at the neighbor's house [02:35.85]Oh my there was a storm then there was a flood of a different kind [02:41.08]Father's eyes were often vacant but his hands were rarely quiet [02:47.08]Sister learned to take her hits well both from life and the physical kind [02:52.94]But I was never one to lie down despite picked the fight [02:59.68]So we designed our hells [03:29.13]Father turned into a drinker a dark bastard with a wooden heart [03:34.74]Sister learned to be a mother before she never played another part [03:40.48]And I became a little terror I lashed out at whatever's around [03:46.34]Took some time before I settled to find a mind that was somewhat sound [03:53.21]And like it always does time rushed on [04:10.43]Six years later father dies in the very same bedroom [04:14.89]Many said it was the grief that did it [04:18.60]I have to say it's cause he hung himself [04:21.47]To be honest neither sister nor myself ever much reqret his passing [04:27.36]But I admit it was a nice thing to always know that we could feed ourselves