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Before the Old Man Comes Home
Tom Wopat, Clarke Hallum, Matthew Lewis, John Bolton & Liz Callaway
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Grab that piece, from the floor
Fix it up, like before
Take the knee
Wait
Lift it higher
He'll forget that it broke
There we go
Is that smoke?
Oh my gosh
It smells like fire
Ah!
Here, take the heel of the shoe
We're out of luck without glue
So, try again
Nothing fits
This might work
Call it quits
What's the point?
Just do the best we can
Before the old man comes home
There oughta be something we can do to make mom feel better
Like what?
Well, for one thing, you could start eating your food without all that little piggy stuff
She'll come back, see your plate
Won't believe that you ate
Try to swallow just one carrot
I don't know if I can
Open up, be a man
It's too much
Then fine, we'll share it
Hey, if you just take a bite, they won't remember their fight
Alright
Or sit down really quick
I think I'm getting sick
This could work
We need a better plan
Before the old man comes home
If he sees that the lamp is on
If she sees that the food is gone
Maybe then, that's when
Everything will be okay again
The old man returned later with five bottles of extra strength glue
He worked furiously, but futility, for at least an hour
At last he gave into the inevitability that the precious leg was lost
Not long afterward, mother returned
Randy and I were in total fear of what might happen next
Look, I just
If I was
What I meant
It's because
How on earth it got this way? (got this way?)
When I said
I was so
And I tried
Yeah, I know
Listen, Frank, what I mean to say
I'm sorry
The white flag had been waved
The war was over
Peace had once again returned to the land
With as much dignity as he could muster
The old man took what was left of his Major Award out into the backyard
And buried it next to the garage
I could never be sure, but I thought I could hear
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