Silver Chain (Howard Rowland S.)

Fear and self loathing Made a chain of silver ore By the time I stop singing You won't love me anymore Crying River cure me But the river just laughed Washing sand over me Girl Child your daddy's Got a chain nine miles long From every inch of that chain Hangs a heart he has wronged Little Girl take the length Of your father's bright chain And bind me to you I don't care what you do I ran to the fire Fire purify me The fire licked my skin But it would not set me free I turned to the bottle Alcohol cure me Let me sleep without dreaming Alcohol lied to me Girl Child your daddy's Got a chain nine miles long From every link of that chain Hangs a heart he has wronged Little Girl take the length Of your father's bright chain And bind me to you I don't care what you do I spoke to the forest I spoke to the trees I spoke to the fire But it did not set me free I carved your name In the cypress trees bark I tattooed your name In a ring 'round my heart I wore out my welcome I wore out myself I wore out my reason I wore out my health I forgot my name... On the day that you came