Daddy Bruce (Live August 27 - 28, 2006 Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR)

They're always burning something up in Idaho
The mountains and the factories
and the sunsets on the Snake
It might be pornography I don't know
Or it may be the crosses that they burn on Hayden Lake

It always smells like cancer here in Moline
And all this dirty concrete
keeps reminding me of you
Please pass the syrup with the morphine
While I thank my lucky cookies
that the time we had is through
While I thank the Lord above me
that the time we had is through

When I find it hard to swallow
the lessons learned from you
I remember that God loves me
and so does Daddy Bruce

A country girl form Laramie, Wyoming
All the boys they'd love you
on the nights you'd come around
Did they all respect you in the morning?

Or did they send you packing'
Like a mule right out of town?
Yeah, did they send you running'
Like a dog right out of town?

I fondly recall Iowa City
You needed some attention
And you got it somewhere else
You seem to be a collector of pity
And all the shattered egos
you display upon your shelf
And all the bowling trophies
you display upon your shelf

When I find it hard to swallow
the lessons learned from you
I remember that God loves me
and so does daddy Bruce
And when I'm down there kicking'
and I dangle from the noose
I remember that God loves me
and so does Daddy Bruce

They're always burning something up in Idaho
The mountains and the factories
and the sunsets on the Snake
Maybe it's pornography I don't know
Or maybe it's the crosses that they burn on Hayden Lake

They laid you in your grave in Pocatello
I had to sever the relationship
so I cut it with a knife
And all our choir boys sing a capella
You sounded like a schoolgirl
when you pleaded for your life
You sounded like an angel
when you pleaded for your life

So when you're cold and lonely
and pondering the truth
Remember that God loves you
and so does Daddy Bruce
When I find it hard to swallow
the lessons learned from you
I remember that God loves me
and so does Daddy Bruce
When I'm down there kicking'
and dangling' from the noose
I remember that God loves me
and so does Daddy Bruce