Fatherless

Well here's a tale, I've not yet told

I was evicted when, I was eight years old

I was shipped off to a dormitory

Full of kids who made no sense to me

And I cried myself to sleep each night

For three straight weeks till' I was dead inside

But I'm not asking for your pity

It's just that fairytales about fathers make me angry

I was never taught how to deal with this

But I soldier onwards nonetheless

I'm fatherless

And it makes me feel like I'm an alien

Oh lord what I wouldn't give

For a caregiver who had care to give

I'm alone and I don't know

How or if to be a man

Look at me now

Vacancy, job vacancy

I need somebody to be the making of me

Someone to take me fishing

You can't blame a grown up kid for wishing

Someone to teach me how to shave

To tut over the mistakes I've made

And to offer me some fatherly advice

Some kind of acknowledgement would be nice

I was never taught how to deal with this

But I soldier onwards nonetheless

I'm fatherless

And it makes me feel like I'm an alien

Oh lord what I wouldn't give

For a caregiver who had care to give

I'm alone and I don't know

How or if to be a man

Look at me now

Do I make you proud?

Oh look at me now

Have you heard the news?

I finally found Jesus

He'd locked himself in the bathroom at the party

I had to talk him down he was having a whitey

And he said: Francis, I don't need this

The expectations and relentless pressure

Of a distant and judgemental father

And I said: I can see what you mean, JC

But at least he's paying some kind of attention

To his miraculously spawned conception

But for some of us, we struggle to be seen

And I sold my soul to rock and roll

In a desperate throw to even be noticed at all

Look at me now

Am I enough of a man?

Oh look at me now