screams of terror, flashback
A woman runs out of the house after the killing
Yelling madly, help me please help
The local racists cheer in unison,
the sons of a gun

i can't remember the voice of my father
didnt have time to say goodbye
This is not the way he wanted to die
Medical report read head caved in

Chorus
Flashback to twenty seven-may-eighty one
Mother killed father
Rewinds to playback, flashback flashback
Twenty seven-may-eighty one
aftershock

There amid the blood sprayed room
He looks at me with eyes of glass
Once you were a father to my soul
Now just marks on the green interior

i can't rememeber the voice of my father
didnt have time to say goodbye
This is not the way father wanted to die
Medical report read head caved in

Chorus
Flashback to twenty seven-may-eighty one
Mother killed father
Rewinds to playback, flashback flashback
Twenty seven-may-eighty one
aftershock

Bridge
Social worker's tried to explain,
How I was not responsible
But I was their when she came in shooting
what do they know

Flashback to twenty seven-may-eighty one
Mother killed father
The guilt won't let go
Rewinds to playback, flashback flashback
Twenty seven-may-eighty one
aftershock, aftershock