The Basement

My parents work the carnival They're gone till late July My sister is a cripple And it's only she and I They left us here in this hellhole [?] Seven kids, and just one spoon, and hardly any food It started out as spankings with the neighbors looking on She let her daughter's boyfriend chew and hit me all night long I tried to fight, I tried to run, I really couldn't get away They punished me by burning me with cigarettes all day [?] came to watch, and she told me that I smelled [?] and tied me up, dropped me in scalding water hell She made me write a letter, made me lie to mom and dad Said I'd chased a gang of boys who did things that were bad They locked me in a basement I'm too bruised to go to school They all come down to get me And she tells them what to do They held my hands and feet Put a gag into my mouth Wrote on my stomach with a needle "I'm a prostitute and proud" [?] [?] [?] and kick me Can't feel my arms and legs [?] [?] [?] hurt so badly [?] [?] [?] [?] a shovel [?] Shovel [?] Shovel [?]