Asphalt

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Fifth avenue first house
When my dad was my mom's spouse
This was the place I grew up in

Where the asphalt was hot lava
The asphalt was hot lava
Well the asphalt it's hot lava
Don't ever cross it alone she would say

Well we moved across the street
Had separate Christmases
Well we moved across the street
When my mom drove to be single well

All the red ants they bit her
All the red ants they bit her
All the red ants they bit her
On the playground Saturday

And my dad had heard her screaming
The ants they're still advancing
Well my dad he heard her screaming
Yeah he came to save the day

Well yeah well she was too proud to take his help
She said I could do it fine by myself
She couldn't stand instead she knelt
And my dad walked away with his head down

Well my dad walked away with his head down
Custody battles came around
I wasn't supposed to see him on that slice of town
When dad walked away with his head down

Well then my mom stroked out when I was twelve
Forgot the hate that she felt
Thought dad still lived with her
Thought the family was still together

Well the saddest thing she ever did
Was ask about her wedding ring
Dad he tried hard to act polite
He remarried by that time

Well mom kept her sadness inside
As cancer ate her alive
Sickness clouded up her mind
I met her ghost far before she died

And the asphalt it's hot lava
The asphalt it's hot lava
Well the asphalt it's hot lava
Don't ever cross it alone she would say

Yeah well there is no easy road then
Got to cross it someday
The asphalt is hot lava
But I
I will get to you