Bargain Music - The Brothers Chastang lyrics

Daddy always thought he and mom would be forever But mama knew it was time to leave Daddy sat his four little boys down and told them "My love your mama don't believe" There's one more thing that I need to tell you One little wish before I go That the insane love I feel for your mama none of you boys will ever know Bang! Bang! Daddy's dead! Only hope he felt no pain So goes the long, long tale, the tale of the Brothers Chastang Jeremy was the oldest he was hit the hardest He had to become a 12 year old man As the years went by he had a bad reputation The locals they just couldn't understand Anger turned to hurt, hurt turned back to anger But anger stayed it never seemed to leave The winters grew colder, the boys they grew older Jeremy, Nick, and Ben and little Steve "God Damn!" Stevie yelled Nick agreed cause he felt the same So goes the long, long tale, the tale of the Brothers Chastang It's always been a hard thing making money in Virginia Ben was running moonshine down to South Carolina Ben he heard the sirens and he felt the thunder As he pulled over he made sure the gun was loaded Bang! Bang! The law is dead! His blood had spilled across both lanes So goes the long, long tale, the tale of the Brothers Chastang On his way to Mexico Ben called up his brother "I love you boy there's no time for tears Something all god damn f**ed up now has happened I won't be back for at least 10 years" Ben had borrowed Nick's car to run down the moonshine While Nick he got himself a brand new wife In Virginia all the cop cars have now got computers And Nick he got locked away for life Ben he never made it back up to Virginia The boys had another reason for grief But Stevie said the circle of pain must be broken It's time to turn over a new leaf He wanted to open some kind of business He bought the gas station on site Jeremy needed the shift off and Steve said alright He wasn't supposed to be there that night Bang! Bang! Stevies dead! Hunger drove the robber insane So goes the sad, sad tale, the tale of the Brothers Chastang