Long before what is black was blackened
O, long before
Blooms of gray made mother lovely

Mother ain't lovely no more
And long before the house was leaning
O, long before

The corridor of box woods lined the entrance
Box woods ain't there no more
Dad burned the box woods

And like to burnt the house
But one came wandering and beat daddy down
O, long before

Long before this road seemed knotted
O, long before
There was but one path dim and cozy

Path don't seem to be no more
And long before you were my sister
O, long before

Gals in town they called me mister
Ain't no girl call on me no more
I cut the card loosewise

Were you not my only dream?
Give the hero his house
He and ma live in sin

O, long before
And long before you were an artwork
O, long before

Mama suckled you on her holy breast
Mama's breast ain't holy no more
Long before we shared a shortsheet

O, long before
I stood above you as you slept
I don't stand above no more

We won little mobile
And won filthy path
And will drift along tongueless unhappiness at last

Will last
And last
Till we see fit to stand before

That virgin cunt, that sainted !@^%
Whose piss we have slept under
Whose smell we have bore

It is her heelprint that marks our faces
O, long before