there were some things we should have known
and even more we could have shown
that won't matter now anyway
were ways in which we could've grown
with or without a broken bone
that wouldn't improve anyway
not that we don't think about it but
we don't exist like that
we don't speak of those things

we plant our crops and pray for rain
lay down the tracks and move the train
live by our word and by the cane
we bear our crosses all the same
not that we don't think about it but
we don't exist like that
we don't speak of those things

there are songs we sing louder now
because we have survived somehow
we've learned what to and not allow
hold our heads up and take a bow
we don't have to settle a score
we fill a need and nothing more
we do it like we did before
raise our young till our hands are sore
not that we don't think about it but
we don't exist like that
we don't speak of those things