When I Was A Child
When I was a child
I spent hours in the back of a Dark Greyhound bus.
When I was a child
I heard ma father curse the witch
The neighborhood punchboard.
I squeezed my eyes shut really tight
Whenever I drove by the cemetery at night
But during the day I drank whiskey and smoked cigarettes
In the same cemetery that scared the shit out of me at night.
When I was a child
Afraid to go in the basement
Scared of what was hiding in the dark.
When I was a child I had a father
Who never knew me or saw me grow up.
Quando Eu Era Criança
Quando eu era criança
Eu passava horas no fundo de um ônibus Greyhound cinza.
Quando eu era criança
Eu ouvi meu pai xingar a bruxa
Do painel de socos do bairro.
Eu apertava os olhos bem forte
Sempre que passava pelo cemitério à noite
Mas durante o dia eu bebia uísque e fumava cigarros
No mesmo cemitério que me dava um medo danado à noite.
Quando eu era criança
Com medo de descer pro porão
Assustado com o que se escondia no escuro.
Quando eu era criança eu tinha um pai
Que nunca me conheceu ou me viu crescer.