From the recording When You are Five
This is a true story. Set in Luray, Tennessee, a rural community where no public services, like fire, police, etc., were available. Neighbors helped neighbors, and this night, when Don was five years old, this is what happened,
Lyrics
When you are Five
Don McNatt
The whole house was on fire
All the windows were lit
They said they got everybody out, that they were going to get
They said Old Mr Anderson, he must have slept through it all
He never felt those flames, and he’s gone now
And That’s All
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But I saw I saw him in that window
He was trying to break free
And I yelled and I screamed, “ Somebody please help him!”
But nobody would hear me
And I felt like Mr Anderson, Nobody knew we were alive
Nobody pays attention, when you’re old, or when you’re Five_________
My whole heart was on fire
And I’ll never forget
The sight of that little white farmhouse
And the night sky that it lit
They said you really didn’t see it,
It was shadows on the wall
He was too old to get up, and you couldn’t have seen him,
You’re too small
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After that, I didn’t trust many people that were over four feet high
Just knew they didn’t trust me, and I didn’t know why
And I felt like Mr Anderson, nobody knew we were alive
Nobody pays attention, when you’re old, or when you’re 5 CHORUS