12/26 Lyrics - Singles - Kimya Dawson

one of her babies is rotting in the sun 

and the other one was found drowned in the ocean 

her mom and dad are in their van crushed and bloated 

and her husband was thrown from his fishing boat 

so please give me a break from all your complaining 

about who was mean to you and how your stepdad is a pain 

- i care, i swear, but i just can't take it, not today 

all i can think about are tsunamis and earthquakes 

everything she's ever known is gone, gone, gone 

everyone she's ever loved is gone, gone, gone 

the only reason she's alive is 

she grabbed a palm frond and held on 

and held on 

you can call me crazy but it seems to me we could 

have sent more than we spend in one day killing iraqis 

to help the hundreds of thousands 

who are injured and diseased 

and hungry and homeless and without families 

i'm appalled by our government's initial reaction 

and the fact that they asked for a verbal retraction 

from the folks who called them stingy 

they're just covering their assets 

well, they thank their greedy god for wiping out the lower class 

everything she's ever known is gone, gone, gone 

everyone she's ever loved is gone, gone, gone 

the only reason she's alive is 

she grabbed a palm frond and held on 

and held on 

one of her babies is rotting in the sun 

and the other one was found drowned in the ocean 

her mom and dad are in their van they are crushed and bloated 

and her husband was thrown from his fishing boat 

we'd have 12/26 tattooed across our foreheads 

if something this atrocious happened on our coast instead 

well, a tragedy's a tragedy no matter where it happens 

close your eyes really tight and try to imagine 

that everything you've ever known is gone 

and everyone you've ever loved is gone 

and the only reason you're alive is you were lucky 

and you were strong enough to hold on 

while you watched your family die 

while you watched your family die 

while you watched your family die 

while you watched your family die 

everything she's ever known is gone, gone, gone 

everyone she's ever loved is gone, gone, gone 

the only reason she's alive is she grabbed a palm frond and held on and held on