My Sister's Birthday Lyrics

my sister & me
we don't see eye to eye
she's got religion
& I don't ask why
her husband & kids
they all pray to the sky

it was my sister's birthday
the other night
36 candles
for someone to light
but I didn't call her
& I didn't write

oh
when we were kids
she stuck up for me
when no one else did

my sister's got a scar
under her eye
where I hit her with a sparkler
when she was 5
on the Klamath River
the 4th of July

my sister's got her heart
that's open wide
can't seem to talk
without making her cry
to bring up the past
is like twisting a knife

but oh
when we were kids
she stuck up for me
when no one else did