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Fais Do Do (A Cajun Lullaby)

from At Home in the Darkness by Mike P. Ryan

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FAIS DO DO (A Cajun Lullaby)

An old shotgun cabin sits on concrete blocks
Where the cypress trees are thick with Spanish Moss
And the black bayou water shines in the bright Cajun moon
She sweeps broken bottles up off of the floor
And she picks up the pieces of an old screen door
That he kicked off the hinges earlier that afternoon
She sits on the porch in an old rocking chair
And she holds that baby tight
She sings soft and low as she strokes his fine hair
And her Cajun lullaby fades into the night

Chorus

She sings Fais do-do mon cherie; darling don’t you cry
Fais do-do mon sha bebe; you’re the apple of my eye

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She’s young and pretty just like her mother
And just like her Daddy her man found another
Woman to drink and to lie with night after night
Now she sits in the dark and she don’t understand
Why instead of his lips she gets the back of his hand
And why every conversation turns into a fight
And she’d pack up and leave if she had a choice,
But the truth is there’s nowhere to go
So she sings to that baby in her gentle voice
And she rocks back and forth as the tears start to flow (Chorus)

BRIDGE

When he gets sober he swears “never again”
But she knows by now his promises are just cigarette smoke blown into the wind

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When she walks by he mirror now she turns away
Cause the lines around her eyes they get deeper each day
And she’s starting to see the face her mother took to her grave
Sometimes when she just can’t take any more
She curses alone in the dark the dark
Goddamn this life and goddamn this man
Who leaves me with this baby and this broken heart (Chorus)

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from At Home in the Darkness, released November 17, 2018
Harmony vocals by special guest Nicole Belanus.

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Mike P. Ryan Clifton, Virginia

Oklahoma born Songwriter Mike P. Ryan writes heartfelt songs about the struggles and triumphs of everyday people. Mike's lyrics feature vivid images and moving portraits of real people painted on a canvas of beautiful music.

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