In a Family Way

i find a hatchet
i can't move the axe, oh
i tear the pine down
snow falls in my tracks
i chained together
this wood to my plough, oh
i had to try
it won't matter now

my neighbour sent away
for this book you can get
learn how to live in twelve easy steps
and so i wonder if she did

i bring mattress
from the room where they slept, oh
i watch your fire rise
can i learn to forget?

will i learn to forget?
can i ever forget?