My Grandma Was Pearl Hall

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[Verse 1]

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Mothers love their children
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Even when they're violent.
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‘Cause all good sons and daughters
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Love the ones they look like.

[Verse 2]

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Fathers keep their kids safe
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On the street men died.
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‘Cause all good sons or fathers
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Know that kids are frightened
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Of them.

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[Verse 3]

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Went home with your rocket
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But a nearing spirit
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Survived a death adder
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But you drowned in liquid

[Verse 4]

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You learned from your father
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How to husband animals.
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And I learned from my father
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That all men are animals.

[Verse 5]

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Jesus, you’re a fire
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In my foreskin everyday.
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Burning, oh you’re burning
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Dead and lonely you remain.