My Sister’s Birthday

My sister & me
We don't see eye to eye
She's got religion
& I don't ask why
Her husband & kids
They all pray to the sky

It was my sister's birthday
The other night
36 candles
For someone to light
But I didn't call her
& I didn't write

Oh
When we were kids
She stuck up for me
When no one else did

My sister's got a scar
Under her eye
Where I hit her with a sparkler
When she was 5
On the Klamath River
The 4th of July

My sister's got a heart
That's open wide
Can't seem to talk
Without making her cry
To bring up the past
Is like twisting a knife

Oh
When we were kids
She stuck up for me
When no one else did