Name: Irene
Duration: P00H03M35S
Description: I think it was a John Prine song that inspired this one. So It Is is another in this batch that deals with the passing on of abuse. The chain is broken though in both songs in the last verse... just in the nick of time.

Irene

from Teary Deluge by Thinkspeak

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I think it was a John Prine song that inspired this one. So It Is is another in this batch that deals with the passing on of abuse. The chain is broken though in both songs in the last verse... just in the nick of time.

lyrics

Matthew had a wife who told him how to live
how to think how to act when to blink what he lacked
that he never done nothin right

Matthew was defenseless he couldn't retaliate
accepted her pronouncement he wasn't worthy

2.
Irene had a mother who told her how to live
how to think how to act when to drink what she lacked
that she never did nothin right

Irene married Matthew walked in her mother's step
brought children into this world whom she taught

3.
Irene had a daughter she told her how to live
how to think how to act when to blink what she lacked
that she never did nothin right

daughter was defenseless she couldn't retaliate
accepted her pronouncements she wasn't worthy

4.
daughter had children she told'em how to live
how to think how to act when to drink what they lacked
that they never did nothin right

children were defenseless until they came of age
rejected her pronouncement they were worthy

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from Teary Deluge, released May 1, 2013

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Thinkspeak Atlanta, Georgia

Tom Ferguson has been writing songs since 1969, all of which are collected in Songs, 1969-2018. It's coil-bound to nicely fit a music stand, available at lulu.com just search tom ferguson there.

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