Uncle Lucius Keep the Wolves Away lyrics

Took my first breath, where the muddy Brazos, spills into the Gulf of Mexico,
Where the skyline's colored by chemical plants, t'put bread on the table of the working man,
Where the working man does his best to provide, safety and shelter for kids and a wife,
Givin' a little love n soul every day, making overtime to keep the wolves away

Well I was barely thirteen when the company man, tried to dig my daddy's grave,
It happened on a French-owned tanker ship, spillin' poison in the Galveston Bay,
Well the liquid fire filled his lungs and his eyes, silenced in a mode of cries
Cold in the grip of death-stinging pain, he fought like hell to keep the wolves away


For the next few years dad was sick as a dog, but he made a recovery just to spite the odds,
The settlement came and we moved out of town, where the sky isn't heavy with refinery clouds,
Yeah he's still alive, he's doin good, he's in his fifties, but the money's runnin' out, and he's pinchin' for pennies,
So I'm goin' for broke with every song I play, cos now it's my turn to keep the wolves away