Lyrics: Child
Tracy DeMeyer, age 22, Richland, WA 1980 "Child" is about abuse. I am an adoptee and so was my friend Kim Peterson. I wrote this for her. It's about both of us. Kim was murdered by her husband right before I left Wisconsin - I moved to the Tri-Cities. Now long after we formed this band - first Keith and me, then others. My temper will simmer and blow like Mount St. Helens – I steam but rarely explode. (I was living with my rock band Sardaukar in a rental house in Kennewick, Washington, the real Mount St. Helens blew up back in May, 1980. Those unforgettable clouds haunt me to this day, skies dark like night though it’s only late morning.) scans from my book SLEEPS WITH KNIVES I was in WA state when it blew. We were worried about our guitar player Mark Crum(?)'s family who was camping in that area. The TRI-Cities are Kennewick, Richland, and Pasco. On May 18 of 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens removed 1,300 feet of mountaintop and ravaged surrounding
