Daddy

I've waited a long long time
To tell him
What I really wanted say.
Now, as time is drawin' nearer
To The Judgement Day,

O Lawd, I'm-a-ready,
Is there yet time left with him?
O, won't You please help me tell my
Daddy Lawd:
I'll remember him as...

Makin' faces, monkey faces,
Pullin' on my ears.
Ridin high up' Daddy's shoulders
Whenever he was here.

O, There was som'in special
About the way
We would laugh and play.

And, whenever he was home
I would forget
He was rarely here.

Ridin' pushups, Army pushups,
Swingin side-to-side.
Muffled giggles,
Tickle Monster;
Scoop me off the floor.

Ho, There was som'in special
About the way
We would laugh and play.
But.
Whenever he was gone
I could forget
He was ever here.

He's all I ever wanted,
No flowers, gifts or money.
He's all I ever really had,
Even times when he was here.

U-huh-u-uh...

Silent screamin,
Mental breakdown,
Sendin' me away.
Turnin' from me,
Rarely want me,
Unless he need'n a friend.

Ho-oh
There wadn't nuttin special
About the way
I would cry and pray!

No-oh!
There ain't nuttin' special
About the way
I still cry and pray!

And, whenever I'm alone
I bow in pain,
'Cuz he had grief-filled lonesome years.

I thought he must not love me,
'Til I knew of his innocence;
He never knew his Daddy's love
He was raised in

An orphanage...

Unanswered longing,
Self-indulging,
He couldn't find his way.

Mmm. Mmm. Mmm

So he joined the Army,
Started a fam'ly;
He gave us things for loves exchange

There ain't nuttin special
About the way
I still cryand pray!

Woa.

But.
Now, whenever I'm alone,
I still lament,
He. Never. Knew. How. To. Be
Here.

I love you Daddy...