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An Old Woman's Tale
written by D. Betz  mp3 sample
I knew an old woman who lived alone
On the edge of the woods she had her home
She didn't care much for society
But I guess she kinda took to me
When I got to know her for a while
She told me this story, when she was a child
She was just a child
She said I was a green country girl
I didn't know nothin' about this ol' world
So when that old man put his hands on me
And pushed up against me with his knee
I didn't say nothin' but I wished to die
I didn't tell no one 'cause I was too shy
I was just too shy
She said he was my Daddy's friend
I could not get away from him
He'd find me anywhere I hid
I was so scared of the things he did
Mama was drunk, and Daddy was blind
And I was just about out of my mind
Out of my little mind
His whiskery mouth and his snaky hands
Was all over me, making demands
I did not know I had the right
To tell him to stop, or put up a fight
I thought that I was the one to blame
Shut my mouth to hide my shame
My bitter shame
That was fifty years ago, she said
I'd still like to kill him, 'cept he's dead
I'd still like to shame him to his face
And damn him to the evil place
If there's a Hell I'll see him there
With stumps for hands and fire in his hair
Fire all in his hair
She said I never learned how to trust
Watched the years go by like I was on a bus
Lookin' out the window at my own life
That's why I never became a wife
I save my love for four-legged things
And things with leaves, and things with wings
Love is a thing with wings
She smiled and stooped to pet the cat
Said I guess that's just about enough of that
It's gettin' along towards suppertime
Are you hungry, girl? Well I guess I am
Light that lantern and let's get cookin'
'Cause the sun went down while we wasn't lookin'
We just weren't lookin' |
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