Wake the Bear
ghost shirt
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Mother, give me your ghost shirt
to take away this hurt
when they pummel me with sticks and stones
and terrorize my bones.
I'll be damned if I'll be good.
I've seen my life from both sides of this river.
It's time I should slither from one of these skins.
I'll get it right when it's time to deliver,
if I could forgive her all of her sins.
Brother, give me your ghost shirt
to take away the hurt
when their bullets push into my chest
and leave me there to rest.
They'll find me there.
I've lived my life from both sides of this river.
It's time I should slither from one of these skins.
I'll get it right when it's time to deliver,
if I could forgive her all of her sins.
All of her sinsâ¦