I Am Missing You Dad

Give me a call, Dad, just pick up the phone Give me a call, Dad, I’m so all alone; Mom’s trying hard she’s doing her best We need your help, Dad, we’re living on less. Mom said she loved you, she loved you a lot But you soon left after you got what you got; Well I’m here, Dad, and I am looking like you Help us out, Dad, just do what you can do. I wish you were here, Dad, to take me to the park To keep us safe when the days go dark; We need your help, Dad, things are getting real bad The rent man came and took all that Mom had. I’m getting older, Dad, my birthdays come and go Sometimes I wonder if the date you even know; Surprise me, Dad, don’t allow me to fall Make me believe I wasn’t just a booty call. My friend at school, he raves about his Dad I listen to him and it kind of makes me sad; I need you here, Dad, to teach me all you can About the things I need to do to make me a man. I am graduating, Dad, and I wish you were here Mom’s real proud, I saw her shed a tear; You’d be proud, Dad, of the things I’ve done It should have been two but I just had one. Dad, I am all grown up but I am still missing you I promised my son what you did I wouldn’t do; He’ll have the life that I wish that I had I’m going to be there; I am going to be his Dad. © 2016 Donovan T. Turnquest