Margaret (Second Cousin)
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Margaret
Margaret
Margaret I want help
Margaret
Little B
Your sister
Stumbling down the road behind us
Dirt settling on her shoeless feet
Sepia dirt
Dry and hot
The air so open her sour screams
Are caught up swallowed and spit out
In tiny pin pricks of sound
Can't stand her always following behind me
It was why I loved you
We was running away
Didn't know there'd be so much time
Dust stirred up behind that day
Margaret
M-A-R-G-A-R-E-T
You taught me how to spell your name
And I've never forgotten its spell
Not even in winter
When I was alone and contemplating
The backyard tree from out of my bedroom window
That only tree stripped bare of shade
By autumn wind and thin from too much summer
I thought it dropped dead each season
Cause it had had just about enough
Of protecting us from the hot sun
Too many months of pitty pat and spades
Played on my mother's deck chairs
You always won
Margaret
That first sign of blood revealed
You proud and arrogant
Dropping your drawers gingerly
Showing me that contraption
The thin elastic belt hammock
In a wide cotton strip
One small red dot at its center
Cubical skin fleetingly shown in the vestibule
Before my mother arrived to usher us in
For peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
With individually cartoned public school milk
Sunny and Dale smiled back at us that day
And they knew why
Margaret
Your taut chest skin suddenly evidenced imperfections
Each tiny mound the week before
Perfectly seamless and flat
Was now perfectly swollen
Tender to the touch
Round rubber bubbles in our bath water
I thought it was cancer
Was careful to tell you
And in our solemnity
We broke the news to mommy
Margaret
First blood
Second cousin
And you always got the benefit
Cause you never took no mess
Just like your daddy
And couldn't nobody talk about your mama
Cause your mother was six feet under, G
And anybody gonna talk about her
Gotta talk with me
Yes, buddy
You was hard spit fighter
The sixth born with the sharpest tongue
When I heard about that last fight
The one you didn't win
I wouldn't believe 'em
Cause we was twelve together
Not me thirteen the next year
And you nothing that same next
And I waited
After the wreaths and camellias
Were gathered together on the back porch
After the black dresses were repressed
And put away till next time
I waited
I waited
Margaret
Margaret I want help
Margaret
Little B
Your sister
Stumbling down the road behind us
Dirt settling on her shoeless feet
Sepia dirt
Dry and hot
The air so open her sour screams
Are caught up swallowed and spit out
In tiny pin pricks of sound
Can't stand her always following behind me
It was why I loved you
We was running away
Didn't know there'd be so much time
Dust stirred up behind that day
Margaret
M-A-R-G-A-R-E-T
You taught me how to spell your name
And I've never forgotten its spell
Not even in winter
When I was alone and contemplating
The backyard tree from out of my bedroom window
That only tree stripped bare of shade
By autumn wind and thin from too much summer
I thought it dropped dead each season
Cause it had had just about enough
Of protecting us from the hot sun
Too many months of pitty pat and spades
Played on my mother's deck chairs
You always won
Margaret
That first sign of blood revealed
You proud and arrogant
Dropping your drawers gingerly
Showing me that contraption
The thin elastic belt hammock
In a wide cotton strip
One small red dot at its center
Cubical skin fleetingly shown in the vestibule
Before my mother arrived to usher us in
For peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
With individually cartoned public school milk
Sunny and Dale smiled back at us that day
And they knew why
Margaret
Your taut chest skin suddenly evidenced imperfections
Each tiny mound the week before
Perfectly seamless and flat
Was now perfectly swollen
Tender to the touch
Round rubber bubbles in our bath water
I thought it was cancer
Was careful to tell you
And in our solemnity
We broke the news to mommy
Margaret
First blood
Second cousin
And you always got the benefit
Cause you never took no mess
Just like your daddy
And couldn't nobody talk about your mama
Cause your mother was six feet under, G
And anybody gonna talk about her
Gotta talk with me
Yes, buddy
You was hard spit fighter
The sixth born with the sharpest tongue
When I heard about that last fight
The one you didn't win
I wouldn't believe 'em
Cause we was twelve together
Not me thirteen the next year
And you nothing that same next
And I waited
After the wreaths and camellias
Were gathered together on the back porch
After the black dresses were repressed
And put away till next time
I waited
I waited
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:00.07] Margaret
[00:19.36] Margaret
[00:20.54] Margaret I want help
[00:22.46] Margaret
[00:26.71] Little B
[00:28.96] Your sister
[00:31.38] Stumbling down the road behind us
[00:33.27] Dirt settling on her shoeless feet
[00:36.16] Sepia dirt
[00:37.03] Dry and hot
[00:38.84] The air so open her sour screams
[00:41.50] Are caught up swallowed and spit out
[00:44.28] In tiny pin pricks of sound
[00:48.34] Can't stand her always following behind me
[00:53.79] It was why I loved you
[00:56.53] We was running away
[00:58.98] Didn't know there'd be so much time
[01:00.91] Dust stirred up behind that day
[01:04.06] Margaret
[01:09.85] M-A-R-G-A-R-E-T
[01:15.36] You taught me how to spell your name
[01:17.02] And I've never forgotten its spell
[01:20.05] Not even in winter
[01:21.73] When I was alone and contemplating
[01:23.92] The backyard tree from out of my bedroom window
[01:26.94] That only tree stripped bare of shade
[01:30.50] By autumn wind and thin from too much summer
[01:37.20] I thought it dropped dead each season
[01:39.01] Cause it had had just about enough
[01:40.72] Of protecting us from the hot sun
[01:43.23] Too many months of pitty pat and spades
[01:45.69] Played on my mother's deck chairs
[01:47.98] You always won
[01:53.37] Margaret
[01:55.89]
[01:59.15] That first sign of blood revealed
[02:01.90] You proud and arrogant
[02:04.33] Dropping your drawers gingerly
[02:06.44] Showing me that contraption
[02:08.66] The thin elastic belt hammock
[02:10.49] In a wide cotton strip
[02:12.58] One small red dot at its center
[02:15.50] Cubical skin fleetingly shown in the vestibule
[02:18.79] Before my mother arrived to usher us in
[02:21.76] For peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
[02:26.14] With individually cartoned public school milk
[02:31.99] Sunny and Dale smiled back at us that day
[02:34.79] And they knew why
[02:36.93] Margaret
[02:40.27]
[02:48.30] Your taut chest skin suddenly evidenced imperfections
[02:52.16] Each tiny mound the week before
[02:54.09] Perfectly seamless and flat
[02:56.07] Was now perfectly swollen
[02:58.09] Tender to the touch
[02:59.54] Round rubber bubbles in our bath water
[03:03.20] I thought it was cancer
[03:06.21] Was careful to tell you
[03:08.99] And in our solemnity
[03:11.31] We broke the news to mommy
[03:14.82] Margaret
[03:28.90] First blood
[03:30.23] Second cousin
[03:31.55] And you always got the benefit
[03:33.30] Cause you never took no mess
[03:35.42] Just like your daddy
[03:37.02] And couldn't nobody talk about your mama
[03:39.65] Cause your mother was six feet under, G
[03:42.52] And anybody gonna talk about her
[03:44.46] Gotta talk with me
[03:46.10] Yes, buddy
[03:49.29] You was hard spit fighter
[03:51.85] The sixth born with the sharpest tongue
[03:57.53]
[04:01.18] When I heard about that last fight
[04:03.89] The one you didn't win
[04:06.45] I wouldn't believe 'em
[04:08.94] Cause we was twelve together
[04:11.84] Not me thirteen the next year
[04:13.94] And you nothing that same next
[04:15.84] And I waited
[04:21.18] After the wreaths and camellias
[04:24.24] Were gathered together on the back porch
[04:27.71] After the black dresses were repressed
[04:30.28] And put away till next time
[04:32.22] I waited
[04:36.62] I waited
[06:36.30]
[00:19.36] Margaret
[00:20.54] Margaret I want help
[00:22.46] Margaret
[00:26.71] Little B
[00:28.96] Your sister
[00:31.38] Stumbling down the road behind us
[00:33.27] Dirt settling on her shoeless feet
[00:36.16] Sepia dirt
[00:37.03] Dry and hot
[00:38.84] The air so open her sour screams
[00:41.50] Are caught up swallowed and spit out
[00:44.28] In tiny pin pricks of sound
[00:48.34] Can't stand her always following behind me
[00:53.79] It was why I loved you
[00:56.53] We was running away
[00:58.98] Didn't know there'd be so much time
[01:00.91] Dust stirred up behind that day
[01:04.06] Margaret
[01:09.85] M-A-R-G-A-R-E-T
[01:15.36] You taught me how to spell your name
[01:17.02] And I've never forgotten its spell
[01:20.05] Not even in winter
[01:21.73] When I was alone and contemplating
[01:23.92] The backyard tree from out of my bedroom window
[01:26.94] That only tree stripped bare of shade
[01:30.50] By autumn wind and thin from too much summer
[01:37.20] I thought it dropped dead each season
[01:39.01] Cause it had had just about enough
[01:40.72] Of protecting us from the hot sun
[01:43.23] Too many months of pitty pat and spades
[01:45.69] Played on my mother's deck chairs
[01:47.98] You always won
[01:53.37] Margaret
[01:55.89]
[01:59.15] That first sign of blood revealed
[02:01.90] You proud and arrogant
[02:04.33] Dropping your drawers gingerly
[02:06.44] Showing me that contraption
[02:08.66] The thin elastic belt hammock
[02:10.49] In a wide cotton strip
[02:12.58] One small red dot at its center
[02:15.50] Cubical skin fleetingly shown in the vestibule
[02:18.79] Before my mother arrived to usher us in
[02:21.76] For peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
[02:26.14] With individually cartoned public school milk
[02:31.99] Sunny and Dale smiled back at us that day
[02:34.79] And they knew why
[02:36.93] Margaret
[02:40.27]
[02:48.30] Your taut chest skin suddenly evidenced imperfections
[02:52.16] Each tiny mound the week before
[02:54.09] Perfectly seamless and flat
[02:56.07] Was now perfectly swollen
[02:58.09] Tender to the touch
[02:59.54] Round rubber bubbles in our bath water
[03:03.20] I thought it was cancer
[03:06.21] Was careful to tell you
[03:08.99] And in our solemnity
[03:11.31] We broke the news to mommy
[03:14.82] Margaret
[03:28.90] First blood
[03:30.23] Second cousin
[03:31.55] And you always got the benefit
[03:33.30] Cause you never took no mess
[03:35.42] Just like your daddy
[03:37.02] And couldn't nobody talk about your mama
[03:39.65] Cause your mother was six feet under, G
[03:42.52] And anybody gonna talk about her
[03:44.46] Gotta talk with me
[03:46.10] Yes, buddy
[03:49.29] You was hard spit fighter
[03:51.85] The sixth born with the sharpest tongue
[03:57.53]
[04:01.18] When I heard about that last fight
[04:03.89] The one you didn't win
[04:06.45] I wouldn't believe 'em
[04:08.94] Cause we was twelve together
[04:11.84] Not me thirteen the next year
[04:13.94] And you nothing that same next
[04:15.84] And I waited
[04:21.18] After the wreaths and camellias
[04:24.24] Were gathered together on the back porch
[04:27.71] After the black dresses were repressed
[04:30.28] And put away till next time
[04:32.22] I waited
[04:36.62] I waited
[06:36.30]