D is for Dysfunctional and Daddy
D
is also for divorce! And DNA. And depression. Oh I’m on a roll now! Anyway, I would appear to have a somewhat
dysfunctional lineage. My maternal
grandfather was divorced. My mother was
divorced. My father divorced twice. And me?
Well I seem to have managed three divorces! I have one half-sister, three half-brothers,
and a step-sister. There are three
suicides and two attempted suicides in my pedigree too!.
You’ve already read about my father in
‘The Bread Incident’, but here are the lyrics for a blues (appropriate) song I
wrote about him.
I’m
the daughter of a bad seed
From
an evil man
I
try to forget him
Whenever
I can
The
sins of generations
Have
fallen on me
I’ve
spent a lifetime searching
For
some tranquillity
One
day I’ll climb above
Feeling
bad about me
One
day I’ll find I’ve climbed
To
the top of the tree
Then
I will be the golden one
Then
I will hear
Hey
Girl – well done
I’m
the black sheep
Of
the family
Never
got round to doing
What
was expected of me
I’ve
read about generations
‘Bout
sins passed on an’ such
Then
I think about my Daddy
And
that don’t please me too much
I'm just amazed and delighted that you're wonderfully mad in the best possible way.
ReplyDeleteMe? Mad? How VERY dare you!
DeleteYou need music on here! I'm reading the words and the tune in my head is pretty awful. I'm sure yours is really good. I'm glad you at least got a sing out of him!
ReplyDeleteI've emailed you the song. Most necessary and cathartic - writing the song, that is, not emailing you!
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