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
Copyright © Donovan Turnquest | Year Posted 2016
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