Daddy

Daddy, are you coming home tonight

And if you do, do you promise you will be all right

You won’t stumble up the stairs

Or fall over the front room chairs

And you and mommy won’t get in a fight

Daddy, when you stay out late mommy cries sometimes

She tells us she’s ok, but she keeps on crying

Her face is sad and mad

We wish she’d be more glad

Maybe you could make her laugh sometime

Daddy, if you have some time would you talk to me

And maybe if you look hard enough you’ll see

That I’m lonely deep inside

But it’s ok cuz I can hide it

And no one else will ever have to see

And all the things I feel I keep inside

And mommy says,

Don’t talk about it

So I keep quiet

I’ll be good, I promise, I’ll be good

Daddy, I heard you tell momma that it wasn’t true

All the things I know you did, you said you didn’t do

You said you didn’t wanna hear that your children live in fear

Daddy, I’m telling now they do

Daddy, are you coming home tonight

And if you do, do you promise you will be all right

You won’t stumble up the stairs

Or fall over the front room chairs

And you and mommy won’t get in a fight