Broken Home (Acoustic)

Well, I grew up quick, my wits got keen
Never was nice but never too mean
Always stopped on the outside lookin' in

Yeah, the booze and the pills, the ice and lies
Just a buck away from takin' my life
Made me feel like I was never quite enough

We'd say our prayers and go to sleep
Wakin' to the screams and the fussin' and me
Never knew just what the night would bring

Well, the kids at school never knew
'Bout all the things 'em boys was living through
Then again that's all we had to know

So close your eyes and say a prayer
The good Lord don't give us nothin' we can't bear
A broken home is all you've ever known

So stand up, child, and don't you cry
Yeah, I knew you were strong when you came into my life
Dark times is all you've ever known

Well, I love you, son, so don't you fear
I'll be at your side 'til I'm long in my years
Even when the Lord calls me home

Well, the message, it stays the way you were raised
Pass it to your kids and there's some day
Just leave behind the old broken home

If it wasn't for him, who knows where I'd be?
Probably locked up or swimmin' up shit creek
Smokin' my methamphetamine

The old man couldn't leave, as bad as it be
Adoption never took place, no custody
Lives his life chained inside these walls

Now his heart's grown cold from the solo role
Found 'em old love letters in the broken drawer
Sat down in the kitchen there and cried

But he loved these boys, and raised 'em right
Didn't say it much but actions don't lie
Went through hell to make sure they weren't alone

So close your eyes and say a prayer
The good Lord don't give us nothin' we can't bear
A broken home is all you've ever known

So stand up, child, and don't you cry
Yeah, I knew you were strong when you came into my life
Dark times is all you've ever known

Well, I love you, son, so don't you fear
I'll be at your side 'til I'm long in my years
Even when the Lord calls me home

Well, the message, it stays, the way you were raised
Pass it to your kids and there's some day
Just leave behind the old broken home

Well, I know deep wounds will drive you far
From the type of woman God made you and that's so hard
But don't look back or doubt in His mercy

Now we're all grown up and figured out
You don't use no more and there's no doubt
You never will know how much it means to me

Know I love my sweet mom and my sweet dad
Of course my kid brother, it just makes me sad
The memories of another broken home

Now close your eyes and say a prayer
The good Lord don't give us nothin' we cant bear
A broken home is all you've ever known

So stand up, child, and don't you cry
Yeah, I knew you were strong when you came into my life
Dark times is all you've ever known

Well, I love you, son, so don't you fear
I'll be at your side until I'm long in my years
Even when the Lord calls me home

Well, the message, it stays the way you were raised
Pass it to your kids and there's some day
Just leave behind the old broken home

Well, the message, it stays the way you were raised
Pass it to your kids and there's someday
Up until the Lord calls you home