Sins Of My Father Tom Waits

From the CD Real Gone God said don t give me your Tin horn prayers Don t buy roses off the street down there Took it all and took the dirt road home Dreaming of Jenny with the light brown hair Night is falling like a bloody axe Lies and rumors and the wind at my back Hand on the wheel gravel on the road Will the pawn shop sell me back what I sold I m gonna take the sins of my father I m gonna take the sins of my mother I m gonna take the sins of my brother Down to the pond Birds cry warning from a hidden branch Carving out a future with a gun and an axe I m way beyond the gavel and the laws of man Still living in the palm of the grace of your hand The worlds not easy the blind man said Turns on nothing but money and dread Dogs been scratching at the door all nite Long neck birds flying out of the moon light I m gonna take the sins of my father I m gonna take the sins of my mother I m g