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Pass It On

Video of Song  The teacher never knew why they were best friends, or why if there was a line they be both at the end, or they lowered their voices when she came around. It was just automatic, like a mouse going down in hole Video of Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLV5yiPaz5Q She never saw them push or shove argue much. But still, they'd show up at school with these bruises and cuts. And they'd shiver in their seats if they were called upon to answer a question, or solve any problem at all. Pass it on from the father. Pass it on to the child. Pass it on to the future. Pass it on down the line. Though their minds can't remember well the rest of them does. And it will always be there, in the bones and the blood. Pass it on. Well, some of us get lucky and we start out safe, and some of us don't know that word at all. We'll cricize and sabotage ourselves each day, knowing that to stumble is to fall. Lisa never did allow emotion shown 'till I got up the guts to ...