Hop Along - Not Abel lyrics

The whole town lined up outside the tent What those kids thought they saw Do you really want to remember this? Today, think of all the alien shots in the dark That at one time, all at once, coexisted I mean aside from all the burning Hurry by the shanties beside the road Sunset on a cart Pulled home by a white horse Conscience of the husband was righteous and coarse There must be a limit If we only circle around There's no hurry in reaching it Shirt bloodstained And yet it was not Abel but Cain who got to hear The voice that for so long had been a stranger Not one word of all the time they spent growing up brothers Even love, yes, even love, yes, even lose, something to lose What if the details there were suddenly shared? Tender moments siblings keep secret Sunset on a time when no words could be spared Unknowing mother rocks soft in her chair There must be a limit This has happened This will happen This is happening Voice on the radio again Strange to be shaped by such strange men It's the hottest summer again Strange to be shaped by such strange men Where will you go? Where? Where, where? When you asked me that question it sounded like a joke A rubber hand extended to shake Outside my kitchen the sound of fists on the door In the early morning light A d**h so small and sentimental Daddy giving the middle finger to the Kodak lens When I saw her face she smiled "I don't know why I saved it all this time"