Hocus Pocus

from Diamonds & Gold by Motherhood

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I guess they know me best / at the church where I confess
But the folks look so depressed / and the men look down my dress
I always hear them talking / and looking at me strange
Asking about my family / asking about my age
I tell them I ain't got none / though I'm only thirty-four
Mama died awhile back / Daddy's heart was poor
Oh they're very sorry / yes that story sure is sad
But you won't see me crying / for my old Mum and Dad
Because they're up there in Heaven / and I'm still stuck down here
Drunk and lonely most nights / sleeping half the year

How I wish that I could join them / though I know I never will
No I'll be down a' rapping / on the gates of Hell
Old Luce will be excited / probably let me in himself
Show me to my room / with just a table and shelf
Pictures of my loved ones / and all the things that I done wrong
And I only see old Satan / and the whiskey's never gone

He'll never say a kind word / and I'll cry most every night
Or he'll torture me with a good time / so I remember what it's like

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from Diamonds & Gold, released June 14, 2013

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Motherhood Fredericton, New Brunswick

Motherhood is an avant-rock trio from Fredericton, NB, Canada.

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