Thicker than Water

Words and Music: Sherman Dorn, 2001

F    G        Am
Mary has five children
Dm2 Dm        G6   G7   C  ---   E7
    and would like some more.
F     G         C     F
She's not being profligate,
    Am      E      Am    ---   E
for Mary's adopted four.

  Am           E            Am    ---   E
  Blood's much thicker than water.
  F      G                E7 
  That's what they say in hell.
      F          G                 C       F
  But anyone who takes the time to raise a child
       Am      E      Am
  is a parent, we can tell.

Trisha has sick neighbors,
Scarlet-fever, December blues.
Her Grampa delivers trees with dancing goats.
They're Christians.  He's a Jew.  
  Blood's much thicker than water.
  That's what they say in hell.
  But anyone who takes the time to help another
  is a brother, we can tell.  

Frances buries Leslie.
Pat is visiting Gene.
The state first asks who is woman and who is man.
And we wonder what's obscene?
  Blood's much thicker than water.
  That's what they say in hell.
  But any pair who takes the time to love each other
  is a family, we can tell.

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