Quindon Tarver: Nikos

She Lived in a Trailer Out Eastern RoadHer Loneliness Was a DiseaseBut My Daddy Couldn't See It ThoughHer Name Was Linda Her Smile Was ForcedAnd Folks 'round Town Say She Dressed Like a DivorceMy Daddy Had a Son By Her'though She Wasn't Supposed to Be AbleI Was Eight Years Old When They Told Me 'round the TableI Looked At My Daddy, He Looked to the GroundI Guessed That We'd Be Stickin' Round AwhileMight As Well Smile Cause There's no Point in Being MeanI Guess That's Just What You Get When You Forget to DreamGot Called to the Principal's OfficeDid I Do Something Wrong?Doctor On the Telephone Said,"Congratulations, You've Got a Baby Brother Born."Got Sent to a Psychiatrist in Case I Resented Their Child.I Was Bitter in My Anguish But My Manner Was Mild.My Daddy Got Excommunicated From the Mormon Church.Guess An Illegitimate Son in God's Eye Has no WorthHe Tried to Stick Around But He Flew the Coop in Spring.He Loved That Baby Just Not Linda It SeemedBut Still I Know We'd Be Stickin' Round AwhileMight As Well Smile Cause There's no Point in Bein' Mean.I Guess That's Just What You Get When You Forget to Dream.So Linda Got Remarried Now My Brother Called That New Man "Dad"But It Didn't Last Long I Hear His Temper Was BadSo She Said That We Could See Him On Every Other Saturday.We All Were Shocked When He Called My Daddy "Uncle"She Said It Was Better That WayThey Tried to Get Back Together But It Was Off and OnOne Day She Disappeared, I Hear to Oregon.I Haven't Seen Him Since. I Guess I'm Supposed to Forget.That He Was My Brother Too and Not Just Their Legal MessI Thought That We'd Be Stickin' 'round AwhileMight As Well Smile 'cause There's no Point in Bein' Mean.I Guess That's Just What You Get When You Forget to Dream.This Song Is For Nikos Wherever You May BeI Know Things Were Tough But You're Okay By Meand Your Momma Ain't a Bad Person, My Daddy's Ain't no FoolSometimes Parents Just Need Forgiving Too.Ps, I Love You, Your Sister Jewel.Ps, I Love You, Your Sister Jewel.