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To Paul, From Dad Outro

from To Paul, From Dad 1951 by The Heart Pills

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To Paul From Dad, 1951
He swears this present was the only one
I wasn't about to spoil my son
with comic books,
or a cap gun.

We'd watch the westerns, black and white.
natives dying left and right,
the look on his face gave me a fright
HIS EYES!
delight
delight
delight

Well how could I have known?
How could I have seen?
That mine own child would grow to be
the worst the world has seen?

Well he'd kick a dog,
cut up a frog,
pull the wings off of a fly.
Though just a child
I'd never seen
a tear enter his eye.

I said " ... now son don't you feel sad?"
he says "have you not seen?
the only thing I feel dear dad is
mean
mean
mean
 ..."

Well he'd tell the girls he loved them,
and then he'd break their hearts.
He had a treasure chest he filled with all their body parts.

The town had lost its innocence,
to this spawn of mine.
All had turned to drug or drink in
just a few months time.

The street dance did crumble down;
first in fists, then fire.
Though one last couple waltzed through flame,
Desire
Desire
Desire.

Their hair was crispy and their feet did trip
over bodies on the ground.
Junior wracked his brain on how this love was still around

He strolled around the gore
to this couple of the night,
and challenged the young kids to a
cap
gun
fight.

The young man nodded his head
and both the boys walked down the street.
They pass a hardware store and for a moment,
their eyes meet.

The dancer walks through the screen door first
and grabs a new cap gun,
It was then my son's eyes welled with tears,
it was the only one.

For that afternoon, filled with guilt,
I went to that same store,
and bought the toy he'd always wanted
though ten years late or more.

Well the kid had torn the plastic off
and loaded the paper roll,
pulled the trigger, and didn't stop
'till the screen door bell had tolled

Well Junior toppled through the door
' though his wounds could not be seen,
it was the end,
boy self described, as
mean
mean
mean.

THE END

EPILOGUE:
When dawn arose I'd yet to hear
what'd happened to my son,
on the kitchen table
I laid his gift,
To Paul
From Dad
1961

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