Lyrics

BOTTLED UP

My dad passed along
What his dad passed to him
So I learned right from wrong
From the back of a drunken hand
I?d raise my arm to protect my self
But there?s not a lot a kid can do
My childhood should have been black and white
But it turned out black and blue

So I kept it all BOTTLED UP
I wish my dad had too
Then I wouldn?t have to walk
In life?s hand me down old shoes
Like a bottle when you shake it up
Just about to explode
Livin? in a screwed up world
For a kid that?s a heavy load

The bottle had the last word
And now my dad is gone
As I lay these flowers down
It?s time to right the wrongs
I stand tall and face the truth
My dad was just like me
And my grand dad, did to my dad
What my dad did to me

And he kept it all BOTTLED UP
He wished his dad had too
Then he wouldn?t have had to walk
In life?s hand me down old shoes
Like a bottle when you shake it up
Just about to explode
Livin? in a screwed up world
For a kid that?s a heavy load

So then and there I forgave my self and forgave my dad too
I made a pact that my kids will have me to talk to

So they won?t keep it BOTTLED UP
And wish their dad had too
And they won?t have to walk
In life?s hand me down old shoes
Like a bottle when you set it down
You take back your control
No they won?t live in a screwed up world
?Cause for kid?s that?s a heavy load

They?ll never have to keep it all BOTTLED UP

Copyright (c) 2007
Cameron James & Alan South