Long Line Of Pain

i'm coming from a long line of pain

my family suffered greatly for my gain

and i think a lot about

how my daddy died

so i would not live without



and his heart lives in my song

and the melody comes

and just as quickly the melody is gone

i'm back alone, far from home



[now my mamma's all alone

i try to see her and call her on the phone]

after all that she's been through

all the doctors say: "there ain't nothing we can do"



but her heart lives in my song

and the melody comes

and just as quickly the melody is gone

i'm back alone, far from home



there's a bird outside my window

who takes the song where he goes

and he leaves it there

like a dead man's rocking chair



and tonight i'm feeling lost

oh i'm headin' on down the highway out to boston

i get the sense i might lose it

i thank god tonight for the light i've got in music



'cause my heart lives in this song

but the melody comes

and just as quickly, the melody is gone

i'm back alone, far from home