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Chain Of Pain

Words by Larry Mofle & Robert Couch

Music By Larry Mofle

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Johnny took the first snort off his pearl-handled knife

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Laid back and wasted, he gave the rest to his wife

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Stella danced at the Kitty Katt on a sticky tabletop stage

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Till the boss gave her shift away to a bitch that was underage

Johnny kept his stash hidden in an old tin can of Folger's

Down in some box his boy put Legos and toy soldiers

Motorbikes at midnight, they pulled up in a blaze of noise

Johnny’s son woke up to find shadows tearing through his toys

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And it's a chain of pain

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That they feel but cannot see

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And most will try in va-—ai--ain

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All their lives to break free

Heart rate of a hummingbird, his face glazed with cold sweat

John could see the angry face of the man he won’t forget

How little John loved his dad till he drank that Thunderbird

And Johnny heard his Ma getting hit but he feared to say a word

Stella thought back to bein’ pregnant, she'd stay home, feelin’ sick

Half drunk she could hardly feel her conscience or baby kick

She thought of when her dad left them, her mom had to hook and drink

Fathers, kids, and mothers, one life, they’re all linked

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Roomful of strangers and broken toys all on the floor

It took Johnny awhile to hear the pounding at the door

As the cops took John and Stella , they wondered who turned them in

While a young boy watched them go in tears but he knew it was up to him

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(c)2003 Robert George & Larry Mofle