NNEWS FROM BACK HOME
BWritten by: Barry P. Foley Copyright © 15 APRIL 2000
My sister writes me a letter every now and then Gives news about family and some of my old friends Most of time, she don’t have very much to say Except for the letter I got just the other day.....
She wrote...now little brother, he’s got a brand new plan He shaved his head, claims he joined the Klu Klux Klan His little girl, she’s growing up with charm While her big brother’s out on the country farm And that’s the news from back home
Mama left her church of 40 years Not without shedding about a million tears Said she couldn’t stand their new liberal ways She longed for the old time religion like her younger days And that’s the news from back home
You know nothing ever changes around our old hometown ˜Less you count the day, the liquor store fell down
Well big brother, got busted by the law Caught making a bad moonshine and that ain’t all He made the hometown paper’s weekly front page Something about it reminds me of your wilder days And that’s the news from back home
Now Daddy’s across the road, in his lawn mower shop People drive for over a 100 miles, just to see what he’s got Looking for a miracle, out amongst the junkyard Gives him a reason for living, he’s done worked too damn hard And that’s the news from back home
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