Little Bonnie-Drive-By Truckers

[ti:Little Bonnie] [ar:Drive-By Truckers] [al:A Blessing and a Curse] [offset:0] [00:00.92]Little Bonnie - Drive-By Truckers [00:24.71]On the day that she was buried [00:27.32] [00:30.10]Her Daddy stood out by the cemetery fence [00:34.74] [00:35.70]Prayed to God for forgiveness [00:38.99] [00:41.13]For surely all of this is punishment for my sins [00:44.84] [00:47.64]They put her in the family garden [00:50.61] [00:53.37]Said you could hear his heart breaking miles away [00:58.26] [00:59.26]All the men pitched in and bought a marble angel [01:04.71]To mark the piece of land where little Bonnie lay [01:09.37] [01:11.19]My Grandma said she would keep her in the mornings [01:15.99]So her Mama could sleep a bit and do the chores and such [01:21.73] [01:22.80]She'd read her stories about little girls and magic powers [01:28.44]That would never let a pretty angel hurt [01:33.08] [01:34.93]Her Mama's always been a beauty [01:37.64] [01:40.45]She's still beautiful to this very day [01:44.83] [01:46.77]But they say Bonnie's crystal eyes put the stars to shame [01:51.94]Maybe heaven needed Bonnie's face [01:56.53] [01:58.10]My Grandma said she would keep her in the mornings [02:02.28] [02:03.36]A swollen angel who never would complain [02:07.88] [02:09.82]She'd read her stories about little girls and princesses [02:14.15] [02:14.86]Whose Daddy's don't feel punished for what heaven takes away [02:20.02] [02:22.15]Little Bonnie never married [02:24.99] [02:27.49]Little Bonnie never even made it four [02:32.38] [02:33.86]But I grew up in her presence [02:36.85] [02:38.33]Even though she was gone before I'z born [02:42.31] [02:44.22]Even though she was gone before I'z born [02:48.08]