deer god i gotta talk to you
at darkslide edge of day
im skeert of daddy trackin me
an mamas gon away
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my daddys all frothed up on shine
an set his dogs aloose
im perty sure thayll sniff me here
in raileys ol caboose
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thot me to set this down rite quik
afore thay catch me cold
in case thayr aint no other chanse
to leeve the truth be told
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my daddy kilt my ma today
tho if hed let her fly
thayr warnt no need to waste that shell
cos she took flite to die
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he put her thru the kitchin wall
then mashed her with his chair
an near bout whupped the life from her
thayll witness cord welts thayr
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a dammaged doe she ridge top ran
in fair skin blood raw bare
forge white hot metal noonday sun
flared brite her half torn hair
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off millers cliff she blindly flew
a shinin eagle dream
but thru my daddys shotgun blast
she never herd me scream
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deer god i think he herd me tho
an spied me twixt the brush
i lit out god and now im hid
caut breath choked in the hush
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off far ol tarpans beller call
an biters bay just yon
i ben a sister to them hounds
deaths traiter dogs be gon
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deer god i had to talk to you
sose i kin come home clean
like preacher says on meetin day
to tell the things i seen
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ill scrunch this up an tuck it tite
in some unlikely crack
in ol jed raileys stillin hut
beside the brokin track
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deer god i hope you watcht me rite
pleese grace my final prayr
dont let my daddy find this note
but gide ol railey thayr
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deer god look out for mama pleese
i recken for me too
i figger she done made it thayr
an ill be comn soon
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amen
ps pleese forgiv my dogs