Be Good Tanyas - Song for R. lyrics

rate me

You see people coming from all sides

With their broken hearts and hollow eyes

And you try to love but it's easier to hate

When the seed that was planted was watered too late

Ooh, oh, child

Ooh, oh, child

Your roots stretch down to grow up wild

Roots stretch down to grow up wild

It was late last night when the doorbell rang

My brother in some trouble

He stood shaking on the doorstep in the rain

With a freight train pounding in his veins

And I took him in and cleaned him up

Gave him some water and I put him to bed

Then I cried for the sadness of his life

And his lonely struggle with addiction

Friends say, oh, what a shame

Mum says no one but himself to blame

But I don't want to play that game

'Cause I know the truth is not so plain

Call it a hard life or a lack of love

Call it passed down from his father

Call it lack of faith in God above

There are no easy answers

He is just a child, he is just a child

Arms stretched out for love

Arms stretched out for love

Arms stretched out for love