"Miss My Family'

"I MISS MY FAMILY"
Writer: Joe Marshall

I WAS BORN IN CALIFORNIA
RAISED IN MISSISSIPPI
SOMEHOW YOU'VE STUMBLED
UPON THE STORY OF ME
AND MY FAMILY

MY DADDY WAS A MARINE
MY MOM A SOUTHERN BELLE
IN 1970 THAT MARRIAGE
WENT TO HELL
LORD OH LORD
SO DID MY FAMILY

GOT THREE OLDER BROTHERS
YEA, THAT MAKES FOUR
IT'S BEEN YEARS
SINCE WE ALL LAUGHED
BEHIND ONE DOOR
OH LORD I MISS MY FAMILY
YEA I MISS MY FAMILY

I MISS MY FAMILY
MISS THE WAY
IT USED TO BE
THERE'S MY MOMMA
WITH ALL HER BOYS
LIVING ON GOODMAN STREET
LORD OH LORD I MISS MY FAMILY

BROTHER JOHN PASSED AWAY
CHRISTMAS A YEAR AGO
SINCE THAT MOMENT LORD
I HAVEN'T LET GO
HE WAS MY FRIEND, MY KIN,
HE WAS MY FAMILY

BROTHER RICHARDS IN FLORIDA
GOT THREE BOYS OF HIS OWN
A WIFE THAT DOESN'T LOVE HIM
I PRAY HE'S NOT ALONE
HE'S MY FAMILY

BROTHER GARY'S THE OLDEST, HE LEFT HIS WIFE
NOW HE WIPES HIS TEARS AWAY,
CAUSE OF HIS EMPTY LIFE
LORD OH LORD
WITHOUT HIS FAMILY

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DAYS
THE PAGES OF MY LIFE
AS MY YEARS FLY BY
THEY FADE INTO THE NIGHT
LORD OH LORD
I MISS MY FAMILY

I MISS MY FAMILY
I MISS THE WAY IT USED TO BE
THERE'S MY MOMMA WITH ALL HER BOYS
LIVING ON GOODMAN STREET
LORD I MISS MY FAMILY
I MISS MY FAMILY

I wrote this tonight. As you can see it's a work in progress, pretty much like my life. My family's been on my mind this week. My son graduated boot camp, my wife's been out of town all week, my Mom is depressed and lonely and my brother Dicky is having serious relationship issues. As crazy and dysfunctional my family seems, I find myself grasping for whatever years I have to share with them in this life. We're all so spread apart right now and sometimes that's tough.
Tonight as I sit here in Northern California, I miss my family.

J