Only Get One Shot

He wakes up like a bull in the bed

Fourteen thousand snakes in his head

Just stay out of his way I said

Let him have his drink

Let him have his smoke

Try and ignore him

Like holding back a choke

Just stay out of his way I said

I don't know why he became a daddy

Never once did he hold the baby

And I try to make it up

With everything I got

To be a loving mama

You only get one shot

He walks out of the door at last

We all climb into the bed fast

Sing little songs and brush our hair

For just ten minutes we don't care

We think we hear the door and freeze

The smallest one's about to sneeze

And in our heads we're saying please

It's only the trees..

Never once even held the baby

I try and make it up

With everything I got

To be a loving mama

You only get one shot

You know I been working on this plan

How to leave this hollow man

But it's not just me, we are three

I promise soon we will be free

Let him have his drink

Let him have his smoke

Every day that passes I find a little hope

Just stay out of his way I said

Then one day it must be done

I buy the bullets and the gun

He's beating me and my sweet son

I won't let him hurt anyone

I let him have his smoke

Give him lots of drink

Soon he'll be passed out

On the floor by the sink

You can hide but you cannot run