Long Line of Pain

I'm coming from a long line of pain

My family suffered greatly for my gain

And I think a lot about

How my daddy died

So I would not live with it

And his heart lives in my song

And the melody comes

And just as quickly the melody is gone

I'm back alone, far from home

Now my mamma's all alone

I try to call her and see her when I'm home

And after all that she's been through

Oh the doctor say: "There ain't nothing we can do"

And her heart lives in my song

And the melody comes

And just as quickly the melody is gone

I'm back alone, far from home

There's a bird outside my window

Who takes the song where he goes

And leaves it there

Like a dead man's rocking chair

And tonight I'm feeling lost and

Headin' down the highway out to Boston

I get the sense I might lose it

I thank God tonight for the luck I got in music

'Cause my heart lives in this song

But the melody comes

And just as quickly, the melody is gone

I'm back alone, far from home