The Cains - Smoke On The Hill lyrics

rate me

addy came home drunk and mean

One too many times

I became his punching bag and

Lie about black eyes

He'd light up a cigarette and

Pop another pill

I can still see the smoke on the hill

Momma tried to fight him off with all her ninety pounds

When you've been beat down all your life

It's hard to stand your ground

I grabbed a stick of stove wood

For a fire I did not build

I can still see the smoke on the hill

Some nights I wake up from a dream

I was laying in sheets soaked in kerosine

When the neighbors came to help

Momma blamed it on the whiskey still

I can still see the smoke on the hill

Momma married a widowed man and moved to Collinwood

I never go back there

Where the old house stood

People still ask questions

And I guess they always will

I can still see the smoke on the hill

Some nights I wake up from a dream

I was laying in sheets soaked in kerosine

People say that memories fade

In time, these scars will heal

But I can still see the smoke on the hill

I can still see the smoke on the hill

I can still see the smoke on the hill<br />

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Thanks to Raven