Forgiver Forgetter - Defeater

He awoke in a cold sweat to those old sounds of heartbreak

His brother at his side screaming «This isn’t your fight»

But that rush took over his head and he came to his mother’s side

And he found himself alone with that devil rambling

«Oh, well the money’s all gone

And she can’t pay the rent with that needle in her arm»

He clenched his fists «What did she ever do to you

But raise us by herself when you were too drunk to come through?»

He took a swing, «That's some nerve you got kid»

«Yeah, well they’ll put that on your tombstone as the last thing that you said

I never wanted to kill a man like I want to kill you, man»

And the years of pain boiled over

Trading blows across the counter

And when that devil was down

He grabbed for his empty old friend Jack

He caught his eye as he took his last breath

And that vice went to his head again and again

And again and again and again and again and again

«Dear God, what have you done?»

cried out his mother

«That devil drunk was no father

Another name on a list for unpaid bookies and gambling debts»

That spiteful stare of his brother

«I ain’t no forgiver forgetter

I’ll make you pay for this, when you least expect it»

He washed the blood from his hands

Kissed his mother and stepped into cold night air