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lyrics
My daddy called her Flopperjaw - mom’s big sister,
And she took no shit from him or no one else,
Mid-December - he’d been on a 2-week bender,
Making threats and dragging mom and me through hell.
Police siren zooming, my aunt was outside fuming,
And my mother wasn’t sure just what to do,
My dad said “damn the law, you can go with Flopperjaw,
But leave my boy ‘cause you ain’t taking him with you”.
She grabbed my arm and called his bluffing,
Nothing to lose when you ain’t got nothing.
We spent that Christmas in her unheated duplex,
My bedroom was a pallet on the floor,
I said “Aunt Flopperjaw - I know you hate my dad,
But take me home ‘cause I can’t stay here anymore”.
She hugged me tight and called my bluffing,
“You can’t go home cause you ain’t got nothing”.
But oh she cried out when my old man died,
And when my mom passed, she was by my side.
We lost touch and then the years went by
And COVID took her down at 91.
Riding shotgun in her blue Chevette
She’d blast the radio and we’d forget…
Patsy Cline and David Ruffin,
You sing along when you ain’t got nothing...
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