Trial By Fire

All night long papa would pray
Give me strength for one more day
Workin' like a dog in the dry sun
Oh, nothin' to show, another day done

The hellfire and misery
Of a godforsaken man
Is all Papa left to me
All the legacy I have

Trial by fire papa would say
The good Lord gives and takes away
The devil's own son he called me
All he said I was I set out to be

Mama broke down the day he died
I carried him home and closed his eyes
I showed no tears his only son
Oh, nothin' to show another day done