And a drunken town doctor
pulled me from my mother,
as her life, it was fading
from the years of hard work.
And as one life was ending,
With a slap on the backside
there's a light that keeps shining
Where memories were building
And the robbers and the gamblers
and the good -looking con men
from the top of the stairs
At the age of 14, my body was a -stirrin'
And a feelin' was burnin',
While the beer pumps were hummin'
As my father ejected all the drunks
I learned all the boy order
there's a light that keeps shining
Where memories were building
And the robbers and the gamblers
and the good -looking con men
from the top of the stairs
when the boys got to break out
and a boy we called the Governor
Got to planning a robbery
So we fought till the cops came
and we ran dodging bullets
there's a light that keeps shining
Where memories were building
And the robbers and the gamblers
and the good -looking con men
from the top of the stairs
Now my body is a -stinging
and my legs are getting weaker
I can hear the loud sneaker
I got split from my buddies,
all the bullets tore through me,
now the light's getting dimmer
at the top of the stairs.
4.8
