"I wish that I had been there to hold you when you passed from life to

death, but I guess it was meant to be that way: you were always alone.  I

hope you were not scared.  You're in a better place now with the Lord, that

we love, and you are whole.  I miss you.  I'll never forget you.  I love you

yesterday, today, and forever.  Love always, your daughter."



[Grouch:]

Why does God let good people suffer, and bad people prosper?

My grandma loved me more than anybody on this planet

She let me know it and I think that's why she landed

The way she lived was just a little bit different now

Call her crazy, diagnosed schizophrenic, Wow

She was a patient at a hospital for most her life

And when she wasn't she was fuckin' with somebody's life

She used to lock my mama in the basement for no reason

The same basement we made meats in and peace in

If that's all I ever got from her I loved her for it

But it's not, she always thought that Cory was the purest

She built me up and let me know it like I needed to

Grandma I learned from you and also how they treated you

They would pump you full of drugs like you was a horse

So many drugs you ain't never coming home for sure

Now when we visit, are you lying? Are you telling the truth?

Grandpa ain't the enemy, he just didn't know how to deal with you

I guess what's out of sight is out of mind

I know it's true because that's how I kept you out of mine

Your body was strong though

You was in it for the long haul, on call, waitin' for God to take you

Devil tryin' to break you but you never let up

Just recited that Bible to the end, you was tough

Your life was rough, and your pain was real

You hurt for us, and now I know the deal

You had cancer, Parkinson's, arthritis

Non-stop shakin' you couldn't fight shit twenty-plus years

This verse is not enough for what you went through, and what you meant to

Brings to me tears

You helped me be who I am today

You live inside of this man I pray

Forgive me I ran away, I know you understand though

Because we all live for a reason, one of yours was thought to grow

(faint) Thanks



[Eligh:]

My earliest memory of you was in the ocean tides

The current pulled me under the water up above my eyes

I was a little guy, just a little shy, my younger days

Lookin' at you and it makes me wander the beach just like you; phase it

Last the song: you was the strongest person that I knew

Growing up thinking I was stunted every time I grew

You put a red notch on the doorway in the laundry room

Making you proud was the main achievement I pursued

And when I quit and threw in the towel, man it ripped me up

To see the look on your face when you came to class to pick me up

Now I see you just wanted me to follow through

A lesson in life that's more important than to follow you

I remember that time in life: that warehouse, you were workin' nights

Two men came in to rob the place and almost took your life

You showed them pictures of your son and daughter: "Let me live"

The cry you must've gave while staring down a 12-guage

And for a moment in time they put you in a birdcage

And for that moment in time you didn't have a word to say

Playing catch with you in the backyard were the funner times

Runnin' around the baseball diamond were the funnest times

And I remember the word "divorce" scorched my corpse for remorse

Where the fighting in the hallway and the slamming door now I'm seeing you

on the weekend forever for, but that's the score

Now that's a common day occurrence, in the United States

The love was lost, but now it's found again for you to stay

And now you're working every day to get that mortgage paid

Blue collar to the bone

Spend your days away from home

Wish today would be the one

Twist a greater beamin' sun

Make my way and be your son

Pay your way until your done

That's a goal in life, for real

I want you, Dad, to know the deal

Workin' ya fingers to the bone

Just to spend a night at home

And no, I don't regret the way

Our relationship has played across the board and on the stage

That's how you love every time I spray my words across the USA

And who's to say: This is the right way

To love the people you love the way you love 'em

Fuck the money

In a funny situation

In the past

Father and son's love last

You helped me be who I am today

You live inside of this man, I pray

That I could make you understand that I love you, all the way

All the way