Famous Words

Don't worry about me Ma

I'll be back real soon

I just gotta spread my wings

Touch that alabastor moon

Then he left her in a cloud of dust

With a rocket in his head

That was twenty months ago

She guesses he's dead

We'll meet here on the corner

Midnight on the third

You know me little sister

I always keep my word

Then she stepped into the traffic

And blended out of site

Lil' sis ain't seen or heard from her

Ever since that night

Sometimes it just ain't Christmas

There's too much to do

I need something else for your mom

And a little gift for you

So I'm goin' into town

But I'll be back by ten

It's dawnin' on him now

She'll not return again

Take care of our sweet babies

Check in with dad and mom

They say it won't be ninety days

Till I come marching home

Then he climbs into his taxi

And blows a kiss goodbye

She stands there in the doorway

Trying not to cry

You can see it in their [?]

You can feel in their voice

We have no way to stop

Or they had no other choice

The past lies down in sadness

The future's for the birds

What's left is only madness

And their last few famous words