Long line of pain

comin from a long line of pain

my family suffered greatly for my gain

and I think a lot about

how my daddy died so I would not live with it

and his heart lives in my song

the melody comes and just as quickly the melody is gone

and I'm back alone far from home

now my mamma's all alone

I try to call and see her when I'm home

after all that she's seen and been through

oh the doctors say there's nothin we can do

and her heart lives in my song

the melody comes and just as quickly the melody is gone

and I'm back alone far from home

there's a bird outside my window who takes the song where he goes

and leaves it there

like a dead man's rockin chair

and tonight I'm feelin lost and

headin down the highway out to boston

I get the sense I might lose it

I thank god tonight for the light I got in music

cause my heart lives in this song

the melody comes and just as quickly the melody is gone

I'm back alone far from home