Sherri

[Intro] [Verse] Life is cruel or maybe it just is until it isn’t Maybe you should try and banish thoughts of the imprisoned Find the joy you used to feel as boy or hum a tune I will shortly bring my tools in This will all be over soon [Verse] Let me tell a story, sometimes gory, bout my youth You’d think it’s a stretcher but ya bet’cher it’s the truth I was born a bouncing boy and maybe some was missing Mom and dad they gladly tried to fill with hugs and kissing [Verse] When they died a lying welfare worker with a wink passed me into care of two much worse than you would think The woman was a weakling even weaker for the drink The man a monster creature who could reach her in a blink [Chorus] Something’s smelling off Something’s going on Bury this and that Hum your working song Try to keep it quiet Silence is a gift Is that Daddy listening? thinking you resist? [Verse] Fake dad grossly fat said there’d be no snacks in the house Had no self control Said they’d just end up in his mouth Fake mom watched him thrash us with a belt til we stopped squealing Drink in hand she slurringly said "Best to bury feelings" [Verse] Ran from there at twelve when one girl Sherri – she was new Talked back cracking wise and there was nothing we could do Came back crying to the room was missing slacks and blouse Daddy looked at me He winked and said "Snacks in the house" [Break - abrupt stop, low doubled vocal] You're ALL snacks in MY house [Instrumental] [Verse] Alone I never smile because emotion is for fools Over time I learned a lot Created my own rules I wasn’t like you others and I needed different tools Blend in, tend to work and guard my privacy like jewels [Chorus] Something’s happening Something’s going wrong Don’t forget the bleach Hum your working song Just stay positive Silence is a gift Mommy may be listening refusing to assist [Verse] Appetite when coming on can make a man unravel Luckily for me my job allows this man to travel Not like fake dad his hunger was bad and I diverge Me I bring the lost ones home to let them fix the urge [Verse] You know THAT of course This back and forth is quite revealing Understand the task at hand for me is stop your squealing I need indeed to be sure you stay quiet as a mouse Then I must eat every bit of you ‘cause No snacks in the house [Verse] Happy Halloween to you, my dearest ninety-first I’m afraid today for you will likely be your worst There will be for you like me some things found unappealing So I’ve dug another hole to bury all our feelings [Chorus] Something’s smelling ripe Something has gone off Bury all the bits Hum your working song Try to keep it quiet Silence is your friend Only one you have because the others met an end [Outro] No snacks in the house Get all of 'em out Bury all your feelings Scatter them about I’m so sorry Sherri but what else could I do? It had to start out somewhere and I still visit you I still visit you