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WHAT'S THE MATTER HERE ? continued
Natalie Merchant / Christian Burial Music © 1987
o, what's the matter here?"

I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses, he's your kid
do as you see fit, but get this through that I know what you do
and what you did to your own flesh and blood

"if you don't sit in your chair straight
I'll take this belt from around my waist
and don't think that I won't use it!"

answer me and take your time
what could be the awful crime
he could do at such young an age?

if I'm the only witness to your madness
offer me some words to balance out
what I see and what I hear

all these cold and rude things that you do
I suppose you do because he belongs to you
instead of love and the feel of warmth
you've given him these cuts and sores
that won't heal with time or age
I want to say,
"what's the matter here?"
but I don't dare say.
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