Lester Cousins left his brothers on a work truck filled with others
Cuz his fatherâd left his mother years ago
And Lesterâs mother took in lovers to feed and clothe his younger brothers
So at thirteen years our Lester chose to go
Men introduced him to hard labour, moving earth and stacking hay
Were all the options that were open to the boy
And the same men showed our Lester Lady Luckâs appeal and blessed her
With a trusting young disciple to enjoy
With the gamblinâ came the drinkinâ and the cocaine and the sinkinâ
That accompanies a man whoâs falling down
And pretty soon the fightinâ and the whoring every night
And pills and losing left his spirit on the ground
Well there comes a time when even hardened men need to believe in
Something more and look within and be afraid
When a particularly rough night took his friend in one more knife fight
For the first time in his hard life Lester prayed
Lester now, Lester now, keep it together, we all want to see you succeed
Lester now, Lester now, hold it together, cuz your goodness is what the world needs
Lester now, Lester now, keep it together and donât lose that spirit of yours
And for the sake of us all, Lester, try not to fall with the weight of the world at your door
And for the sake of us all, Lester, try not to fall with the fate of the world on the floor
And for the sake of us all, Lester, try not to fall with the hate of the world as your whore
Well God led Lester to a lady who was finally worth the wait
He bought a ring and changed his ways and settled down
And he farmed his forty acres, raised a daughter, loved his Maker
Loved his wife and earned respect all through the town
Hard at work and clean and sober fifteen years come this October
All the vices of his past had disappeared
Very little did he know then that the young, out of control men
That his motherâd learned to dread would reappear
Well his life and home were shattered and his wife and daughter battered
When the kind he knew so well came back around
An incontainable aggression induced Lester to regress and
Coldly murder those whoâd raped the love heâd found
It didnât take them long to find him or convict him or confine him
To a cell block full of wounded prisoner doom
Because despite his motherâs will, her Lester Cousins was a killer now
Whoâd never live to leave the jailerâs tomb
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- Counterfeit Blues
- Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!
- Hair In My Eyes Like a Highland Steer
- Five Dollar Bill
- Unforgiving Mistress
- Modern Pain
- Weight of the Gun
- 30 Years of Stony Plain
- 35 Years of Stony Plain
- 40 Years of Stony Plain
- 40 Years of Stony Plain Records
- Cabin Fever
- Cabin Fever Deluxe
- Cabin Fever (Deluxe Version)
- Cabin Fever (Deluxe Edition)
- This Is My Prairie (Live from CCMA Awards 2010)