Luyện nghe bài hát Lament for Lester Cousins

music and lyrics by Lund

Lester Cousins left his brothers on a work filled with others
Cuz his fatherd left his years ago
And Lesters mother took in lovers to feed and his younger brothers
So at thirteen our Lester chose to go

Men introduced him to hard labour, moving earth and hay
Were all the options that were to the boy
And the same men showed our Lester Lady appeal and blessed her
With a young disciple to enjoy

the gamblin came the drinkin and the cocaine and the sinkin
That accompanies a man falling down
And pretty soon the fightin and the whoring night
And pills and losing left his on the ground

there comes a time when even hardened men need to believe in
Something more and look and be afraid
When a particularly rough night took his friend in one more fight
For the first time in his hard life Lester

Lester now, Lester now, keep it together, we all want to see you
Lester now, Lester now, it together, cuz your goodness is what the world needs
Lester now, Lester now, keep it together and dont lose spirit of yours
And for the sake of us all, Lester, try not to fall with the weight of the at your door
And for the sake of us all, Lester, try not to with the fate of the world on the floor
And for the of us all, Lester, try not to fall with the hate of the world as your whore

Well God led Lester to a lady who was worth the wait
He a ring and changed his ways and settled down
And he farmed his forty acres, a daughter, loved his Maker
Loved his and earned respect all through the town

Hard at work and clean and sober fifteen years come October
All the vices of his had disappeared
Very did he know then that the young, out of control men
That his motherd learned to would reappear

Well his life and home were shattered and his and daughter battered
When the kind he knew so well came back
An aggression induced Lester to regress and
Coldly murder whod raped the love hed found

It didnt them long to find him or convict him or confine him
To a cell block full of wounded prisoner
Because despite his mothers will, her Lester Cousins was a now
Whod never to leave the jailers tomb