She took his hand Said apologies aren't necessary You've been a faithful man Love and Honor are your legacy Like to fix my hair And put on my pretty Sunday dress Cook you breakfast It's a shame to leave the house a mess And the baby's crying And I push his face into my breast and Sing to him softly This is for the best But it's hard to face the older children They know enough to understand They soon will be delivered Into Jesus' waiting hands And the ten killer fairies Won't pull us apart And I will hold you here forever Here in my sacred heart And if the neighbors would just stop screaming And accept this as their fate The comforts in the dreaming Of the paradise that waits So let's gather up the family And let's cover up their eyes This is only temporary And no need to say goodbye And the ten killer fairies Won't pull us apart And I will hold you here forever baby Here in my sacred heart Well out here in the courtyard The reflection of the sun Off emotionless sunglasses And the barrel of the gun And I can hear the people laughing Down at the carnival And I wonder if they'll remember How we lined against this wall With dignity like soldiers And forgiveness like the saints Giving comfort to our children With a silence like the martyrs and examples we've been made And the ten killer fairies Won't pull us apart And I will hold you here Here in my sacred heart And our father who art in Heaven Hallowed by thy name Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done Today, today Take my hand now baby Let's look out to the sea To the tuna boats and dolphins Let's taste the ocean breeze And I will not stop weeping I promised I'd be strong Just tell me that you love me Hold me in your arms And it's funny I remember When I was a little girl How easy came the laughter At the wonders of the world And how one day I would marry With a family of my own But the time has come now baby To take my family home And the ten killer fairies Won't pull us apart And I will hold you here forever darling Here in my sacred heart
campo.miguel.el.sauzal.baja.norte.mexico.late.1990s my brother and father spent a lot of time working in the ensenada area of baja...my brother has a house there...and i have written a goodly portion of my songs sitting on his porch overlooking the surf break at campo miguel...it's one of my favorite spots on earth in the late nineties...there was a massacre of families in el sauzal...you can google it...most likely a retaliation by the felix cartel...for some misplaced money or turf wars...or whatever the fuck they seem to have no problem killing children over...23 people...essentially my brother's neighbors...they lined them up...men, woman, children, babies, dogs and gunned them down while they held each other and begged for the lives of their children as a long time narcotics user, the idea that i have contributed so much money to these fascist sociopaths makes me sick with guilt...something to think about next time you're doing a line of coke...i digress the idea was to write from the eyes of one of the women...preparing to die with those she loved...the incident is a fact...my version is at best poetry which can get squirrely with the details...it's a song you think you will write and it will be dated within the year...sadly it's all too poignant now, as the slaughter isn't slowing down...nor is the american narcotics consumption that fuels this violence that said...my fans tend to think of this as an awesome dance tune...the original version on the jackmormon's record conscious contact is a tad more peppy...this song used to make my dad very sad...but i think he liked it more than anything else i have written