When you opened your hands when you were born

And you died just as little

speechless still reaching forward

Then how you opened your hands when you died

And you lived just a little 

Maybe only on the inside  

Well I came here trying to stay alive

washed by the black sand beach

Reaching towards the crinkled sea

Did you see me?

Your father was a gambler

You’d say your father was a saint

Driving too fast, liquor in the back, your sister just babe

You said your mother never looked up

She said she never looked away

Never let her hold you, not a single day

When you opened your eyes, when you were born

Did you cry just a little

Scared to face the world