Dad's Dress

from Basement Stories by Zerostars

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My Mother was clever
and I'm sure you could have guessed
that she never let me rest

My Father was handsome
he looked good in a dress
put my Mother to the test

And my sisters they got married in the fall
but by Christmas a divorce for one and all

My friends are petty theives
they don't leave it to chance
if we raid the high school dance

The teachers and students
and the faculty staff
couldn't help but laugh

But we'll all be cracking text books in the fall
and by summer there'll be nothing to recall

Be it a thousand years
In a way I never knew better
in a million ways
I'm gonna get to say that I love you
I love you

A captain was sailing
on the rollicky sea
with a message for me

"Bring all your things
we've got plenty of room,
and we'll be docking soon."

In a month my life was hanging out to dry
and I got so sick of him I thought I'd die

So I rolled back into town
with everyone there
if they want to let them stare

Cause I got myself a job
making dresses for Dad
now that really makes Mom mad

There's a picture in the paper everyday
Of the boy who drove this simple town away

Be it a thousand years
In a way I never knew better
in a million ways
I'm gonna get to say that I love you
I love you

I've been waiting so long
I've been waiting so long
I've been waiting so long for my life to begin

Space is a gap that your love falls through
Too much space and your mind goes too

I wouldn't be wearing a sinful grin
but such is the state I've been living in

Space is a gap that your love falls through
Too much space and your mind goes too

I wouldn't be wearing a sinful grin
but such is the state I've been living in

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from Basement Stories, released March 22, 2008

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