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The Undertaker's Daughter

from The Undertaker's Daughter by Mama Gina

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The Undertaker’s Daughter
by Gina LaMonte


CHORUS: The secrets that we keep – and the stories we half-tell
And the tiny holes we leave along the way
We teach our sons and daughters – to love as best we can
But we really shape our children – with the things that we can’t say

His father died when he was three - Oh, the whispers on the grave
They didn’t think he’d understand - So they never did explain
The young man looked for answers - That he couldn’t find at home
So he made it up as we all do - As he went along

No one ever taught him – how to say goodbye
So he made it his life’s mission – to witness as they cried
He held the hands of widows – as he walked them to the edge
Watched them drop their rings and roses on their loved ones’ final beds

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I’m the undertaker’s daughter - I grew up with the dead
Peeked inside their coffins - Touched the pillows ‘neath their heads
I still hear my Daddy’s voice - In the silence all around
“We’re here for the living.” - Then he left without a sound

And so I looked for answers – in every holy book
I made it up – as I went along
With all the things that I had learned – words were not enough
I prayed that my heart would find my song

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My father and my only son - Gave each other what I lacked
I watched them grow old and young - Till that final heart attack
No words for the love we shared - There’s so much that I will never know
I sat my child down - Told him Grandpa had to go

I handed him my father’s ring – told him he was now a man
Didn’t know how not to break his heart
I hope he’ll find the answers – the best way that he can
‘Cause God knows, I don’t know where to start

CHORUS

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from The Undertaker's Daughter, released February 28, 2014

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Award winning singer/songwriter & wanderlust ... fearless story-telling ... bluesy vocals ... humor ... straight-ahead, rhythmic, 12 string acoustic guitar ... djembe ... frame drums ... all weft and warp of the soul of this bard

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