I couldn't have been more than seven years old
Mumma had a boyfriend that left me cold
He used to tease me being a boy
And say "I'm the man go play with your toys"
I used to hear them make love the morning
It would scare me so much I'D take it as a warning
Then my Mumma come and look at me
And say "How's my boy doing without me?"
The thief went swimming in the lake at night
And all I could see was his torch light
Mummas heart I knew that he would break
And I wished that light would fade in to the
LAKE
He knew how to bake his own bread
He grew a lot of dope in the back shed
He knew how to make Mumma cry
He knew how to tell her perfect lie
I remember the day he drove home in our car
With a bullet hole straight through the door
He pointed at the hole with his broken hands
And said "You're lucky boy that you ain't no man"
The thief went swimming in the light at night
And all I could see was his torch light
Mummas heart I knew that he would break
And I wished that light would fade in to the
LAKE
Looking back on my eighth birthday
I watched my MummaMumma walk away
With a broken rib only half awake
I remember the wish as I blew out the cake
Taught me a gift that I still own
Of a love that can cut you down to the bone
When a man and a woman just won't let go
Why did you leave when I needed you so?
The thief went swimming in the lake at night
And all I could see his torch light
Mummas heart I knew that he would break
And I wished that light would fade in to the
LAKE