Luyện nghe bài hát Lament for Lester Cousins

music and by Corb Lund

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

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

With the gamblin came the and the cocaine and the sinkin
That accompanies a man whos falling
And soon the fightin and the whoring every night
And pills and losing left his on the ground

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

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

God led Lester to a lady who was finally worth the wait
He bought a ring and his ways and settled down
And he farmed his forty acres, raised a daughter, loved his
Loved his wife and earned respect all the town

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

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

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