Family Rose Voyage

Never, go voy

Family roses, kid

You packed the porch with paper bags And tied our names in

twine

Mama kept the roses back For a table set with time

I was the kid with muddy shoes Saying

I would run

You said, leave a chair for home

When the leaving's done

I learned the road can change your name

But not the hand that raised you

Every mile I tried to claim

Still turned around and faced you

Never go too far to know Where the family roses grow Voy,

voy, I carry it Every thorn and every ribbon

Never go too hard to hold The little kid inside your coat

Voy, voy, come back again To the garden you were given

Your old coat hangs behind the door With tickets in the seam

I found a drawing on the floor Of a house beside a

stream

I laughed at who I used to be Then folded up the

page

A kid can leave the yard one day And still keep half

that age

If I forget the door code

If the pictures fade

Lay one rose beside my name

And call me home the same

Never go too far to know Where the family roses grow Voy,

voy, I carry it Every thorn and every ribbon

Never go too hard to hold The little kid inside your coat

Voy, voy, come back again To the garden you were given

Never, go voy Family

roses, kid Voy, voy I'm coming in