From the recording Crossin the Line
This song is all about the Great Flood we had at my Parents house in Sudbury, MA. There was approx. 14" of water in the basement, covering a lot of my dad's coin stamps, scrap books, John Kennedy artifacts, even bottles of Elmers Glue.
My brother John and I set up everything we could all over the house to try and dry.
Dad was at a rehab in Sudbury as he had fallen down the stairs and injured his neck, when I finnaly got a chance to visit him he said " Son, where ya been " I didn't have the heart to tell him, so I wrote a song about it.
Lyrics
My Dad’s Got Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Bicycle, any old card –
Won’t have to look too hard ------ I’m Sure it’s floatin round here somewhere
And the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library’s right over there -----
At the bottom of the stairs --- Move it take a month of Sundays
John said “Joe we need a plan – Sure could use another set of hands”
A sense of emergency came over me and I said….
(Chorus)
The silver certificates are drying outside – 2 dollar bills are on a table to the right
5’s and up are all over the porch – On the deck there’s more to sort
Cardboard coins with the staples on the side – dining room floor on the left to the right
Scrapbooks all about World War II – swear to God nothing he wasn’t into
Our Old man he’d put em all to Shame –-- At the Collectors Hall of Fame
He’s got Stamp Books, Coin Books, Scrap Books, and Comic Books, Every where
Man I Swear, - All this gotta go somewhere
All this Catastrophe, brought our Family, closer you see,
Times like these ---- gets Written into family Histories
Stacks of Records out in the Trash
George Jones, Patsy Cline, and Johnny Cash
Part of our Life that went by way to Fast……
The silver certificates are drying outside – 2 dollar bills are on a table to the right
5’s and up are all over the porch – On the deck there’s more to sort
Cardboard coins with the staples on the side – dining room floor on the left to the right
Scrapbooks all about World War II – swear to God nothing he wasn’t into
Our Old man he’d put em all to Shame –-- At the Collectors Hall of Fame
On Easter Sunday a Pump went down – Nothing open for miles around
Visit Dad, for a little while he said “Son, where you been” as he smiled Well
That’s the great flood of 2010 – Hope I never have to go thru it again
14 days water pouring in – I learned a lesson or 2 back then
Lock my Treasures up in my heart – Now would be a good time to Start, I’ll
Carry this Tradition in his Name – Since that Day nothing’s been the Same
At the Collectors Hall of Fame
Words & music by{ Joe Lamore - Vermin & the Beachrat