Song Description

a hard hitting life story tucked into and contrasted by a laid-back folky tune. this is the tune that'll break your heart and make you angry over the devastation of a life from the abuse of a pedophilic priest. a true story--listen close.

Lyrics

intro
i am just a boy who barely grew to be a man...won't you understand me?
the best years of my lonely life were when we lived as man and wife, you could set me free.
god i liked those days. but i couldn't help the way i treated you.
help me change my ways.
help me find my way back home to you.

the priest
i was only ten & three, my catholic priest took an interest in me & my life, & i respected him.
when i was alone with him, he said he was my friend and put me in his mouth and he ruined me.
didn't like those days. didn't like the way he treated me.
when i respected him, how could he do the thing he did to me?

the wife
i was only ten & five, yeah i was really wild, & i got my girl with child, so we married.
she had my only son he's still my only one & though my days are long i know i love him.
didn't like those days. didn't like the way i treated them.
couldn't change my ways. and i can't change the things i did to them.

the affair
then your lovely light came shining into my lonely life and i left my wife and fell in love with you.
i still remember nights when you'd hold me so very tight & tell me so tenderly what you felt for me.
how i loved those days. how i loved the way you treated me.
can we get back those days? can you get back the love you felt for me?

epilogue
but i am just a boy who barely grew to be a man--can't you understand the way i am?
i'm sorry for the things i done how could i yell and hit the only one i ever loved?
i don't like these days. i don't like the way i treated you.
help me change my ways. help me find my way back home to you.