This is true, I had to quit school and work to feed my mom and sisters and brothers..If my dad was still living, I would not have written this..I posted it on another board and there was much controversy about the word "lying" and " laying"
Several english teachers told me "lying" was correct. any one have anything to say about it, is fine with me. thanks

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Perhaps He Was Dead

Children are hungry, mouths to be fed.
Mother is crying,lying on her bed.
Where is the father?
Perhaps he is dead.

Crowded at the table.
Crowded in the bed.
Children need clothing.
What's more to be said.
Where is the father?
Perhaps he is dead.

Off to the races, pay in his hand.
Not a care or worry, now isn't life grand?
While children are waiting,
For food to be fed.
Mother lays crying on her bed.
Where is the father?
Perhaps he is dead.

Feeding the horses,
With hard money earned.
Number one on his list,
As on the track they turned.
Scoring a win, with cash in hand.
Isn't life grand, Isn't life grand?
While mother is crying,
Lying on her bed.
Where is the father?
Perhaps he is dead.

I never knew him.
This man who sired me.
I was not lucky, his daughter to be.
As he grew older and illness set in.
I was the one, to care for him.

Mother was lying, on her bed.
Desperately sobbing, on her bed.
Where was the father?
The father was dead.
Throughout his lifetime.
To us he was dead.

Floria
© 2001