karen anne

it was late at night at 3am

she did hear somebody call her name

the dark was filled with flames and smoke

of the seven kids

six of them they made it out

but their daddy went back in again

cus they were missing seven year old karen anne

with tear-stained eyes and empty hands

he came out

a shadow of a poor old man

every family has a story

of the one tragedy

and i guess for me

my tragedy is karen anne

a year went by

the hardest part

was trying to make a brand new start without their karen anne

she loved to sing and twirl and dance

round her beauty never got the proper chance

her life was taken in seventy steps

thirtieth of march

we still can't get over it

especially my sweet papa

in spite of every thing he couldn't save his baby girl

every family has a story

of the one tragedy

and i guess for me

my tragedy is karen anne

i can't imagine the pain my papa went through

cus everybody knew

he was captain dan who saved the lives of many men

that daddy was a fireman who couldn't save karen anne

karen anne. precious karen anne.