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Joseph Collins

from A Family Light by Buxton

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"I’m honestly not sure if we played this live. But it’s sweet, and that's cool."

lyrics

And so the Collins stood
For a portrait in the woods
But Joseph their youngest son
Who’d felt, did not belong
Begun to run with such great stride
Into the woods to hide

And years went by, seemed Joseph died
Along the riverside
Alone, and horrified

And so the Collins grieved
Bound by disbelief
And the fact that all he needs
Is to be mourned in peace
So they sang with voices wild
“Lord protect our child”
And they laid him down to rest
Using a rocking horse instead

And time passed by, as hope subsides
That Joseph might
Return in the night

And so the Collins grew
Mark excelled in school
And wrote a book at 65
Called ‘Brides Turned into Wives’
And Sister Anne she married young
Packed up and moved to Lexington
And had a son, his name was Tom
He later died in Vietnam
And Mother Martha sleeps at night
She dreams of Joseph on a boat
But she is standing riverside
She waves goodbye and lets him go

But she awoke one night
To Joseph’s cries
He stood outside
And said ‘Ma, embrace your son. He’s home’
He’s home!

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from A Family Light, released September 15, 2023

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