Tytuł: Me And Virgil

• Wykonawca: Genesis
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  Ma would never say what happened
  And we knew better than push too hard
  We knew we had all the chores to tend to
  Like fixing fences and helping her
  Washing dishes and making coffee
  Me and Virgil'd chop some wood
  But we'd stop our swinging
  Just to listen to her crying
  It didn't sound too good
  I can remember, too well
  
  But we never thought to pay much heed
  We learned to live life the best we could
  But then one day pa upped and left us
  High and dry without a word
  Seemed a pity
  My ma was pretty
  But I soon learned life ain't that way
  And I can remember hearing her weeping
  While we were sleeping next to her
  
  I can remember
  I'll never forgive and I'll never forget
  Cos pa you broke her heart
  Ooh pa you broke her heart
  You broke her heart
  Ooh pa you broke her heart
  
  Well the years rolled by
  And 'fore we knew it
  Our sister got married and moved out west
  I stayed with ma, cos I couldn't desert her
  I knew it would hurt her to be alone
  So we pulled tighter
  We said we'd try to make things easy
  And raise a smile
  But as the night came
  We'd hear her crying
  Praying for pa to come back again
  
  I can remember
  I'll never forgive him and I'll never forget
  Cos pa you broke her heart
  Oh pa you broke her heart
  
  And then the winter came
  I'd never known it colder
  Ooh it seemed the worst for years
  And the night she died I swear I saw her smiling
  Saying I was a big boy now, no tears
  
  So I packed up all we had, and Virgil got the horses
  And we paid our last respects and gave the whip a crack
  Ooh, seemed a big bad world, we were riding into
  Me and Virgil both agreed, we best head off
  And don't look back
  
  Nothing but desert all around
  Oh it made me wonder
  Lord it's hard to carry on
  When you're sick with hunger
  
  Weeks and months of sleeping rough
  Keeping clear of danger
  Seems we were miles from anywhere
  And too far gone to change it
  We'd best keep going, don't look back
  
  Well me and Virgil we beat the desert
  Riding fast and riding hard
  We hit the city, the past behind us
  So we raised some hell, we had some fun
  But real soon I met a lady oh so pretty, and oh so fine
  'fore too long I found myself married
  With a home of my own and a blue eyed son
  And 'til this day I can hear ma saying to me -
  "You're a big boy now"