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It's been thirty-one years
Since she's been in your arms
But don't worry about Mama
Mama's got a good heart
And I'm not looking for your love
I'm only sniffing out blood
Just a little taste of where I came from
And at the bottom of this river
Is where I put you down to lay
So I can live with it
And in my heart there are these waters
Where I put you down to lay
While I learn to live with it
Until I'm free
And it's been all my life
I've been wondering on the inside
What we could've had
If you'd had a part in my life
And there were children involved
And they were brothers to me
Even if we never got to meet
And at the bottom of this river
Is where I put you down to lay
So I can live with it
And in my heart there are these waters
Where I put you down to lay
While I learn to live with it
Until I'm
Free at last from this shadow that hangs
Surely you wonder sometimes
And I'm sure you all sympathize
Just what a man's to become, just like his daddy's done
I just want to love someone
Who has the same blood
And at the bottom of this river
Is where I put you down to lay
So I can live with it
And in my heart there are these waters
Where I put you down to lay
While I learn to live with it
Keepsake
Until I'm free
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Submitted by
llscience On Jul 16, 2012
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Definitely about an absent father. This song already means so much to me :)
"And I'm not looking for your love I'm only sniffing out blood Just a little taste of where I came from"
This song is so moving to me........I think this says it all And it's been all my life I've been wondering on the inside What we could've had If you'd had a part in my life
This song is so moving to me........I think this says it all And it's been all my life I've been wondering on the inside What we could've had If you'd had a part in my life
I think he says Hard,hard heart not just heart. Great song
very obviously about his father, and his absence in his life since he was born.
It's about adoption. Being adopted-searching for your bio family and all the questions that stem from that.
Well, I got a short question...I'm italian, and I can't get the meaning of the word "keepsake"...someone can answer? Taking the meaning of the word in relation with the lyric
the word keepsake means that someone who meant a lot to you, say a best friend or a relative gave you something to remember them by, a memento. Like your great grandfathers watch for instance would be a keepsake.
the word keepsake means that someone who meant a lot to you, say a best friend or a relative gave you something to remember them by, a memento. Like your great grandfathers watch for instance would be a keepsake.
Does that answer your question?
Does that answer your question?
Keepsake is a heart shaped Lockett with a picture in it of perhaps the bio father?
its about being an orphan, his mother is in God's arms, and he remember all that facts now he is an old man.