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brent best - robert cole lyrics

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“hey, little man”, she said
“open your eyes and lift your sleepy head
you know tomorrow’s your big day”

“here are your clothes”, she said
so i, i put ‘em on and i made the bed
and i went outside to play

with a sun so huge it shined
yeah and it baked the blacktop underneath my toes
playing hopscotch on the lines

till she howled my name in a shriek it came
with a swell of shame and sadness i just froze
with a pain i simply can’t define

yeah and she said
“i am your mother
i told your sister and baby brother
your dog, champ, and your best friend
that your name is robert cole
and tomorrow you are nine years old
but you, you will not walk this road again”

now a young son’s heart is fair
so i, i took her words and i kept them there
but a young boy’s mind’s of a different gauge

and my father’s words returned to me
from some stormy evening with mother on her knees
“my life is mine”, he swore and raged

and he left her there upon the floor
i can hear him curse and slam the door
yeah he found me squatting in the dirt

and spoke to me of family
and of sacrifices unforeseen
of change and children, worth and work

yeah and he said
“please tell your mother
your older sister and baby brother
your dog, champ, and your best friend
that your name is robert cole
and tomorrow you are nine years old
but you, you will not walk this road again”

i scanned the yard and house
secured no sign of mother’s workworn blouse
but for my heart this world was still

each foot a heavy load
the blacktop baked and burned under my toes
round the curve and below the hill

and this is the blacktop road
where i was not to walk ‘til i was old
if jeannie saw me she would snitch

and these are the tire tracks
that’ll lead you down and round to where
there’s a car off in the ditch

and i heard the fireman yell
“this one is smashed and torn to h-ll”
and he could not recognize the face

and i am my mother’s son, yeah
but now it seems i’ve gone off and become
the one to take my daddy’s place

please tell my mother
my older sister and baby brother
my dog, champ, and my best friend
that my name is robert cole
and tomorrow i am nine years old
but i, i will not walk this road again

please tell my mother
my older sister and baby brother
my dog, champ, and my best friend
that my name is robert cole
and tomorrow i am nine years old
but i, i will not walk this road again

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