Not to be a cynic with a dark personality
But I got a story in true actyality
That happened to me one time when the sky was black
I was walking one night down a lonely street
With no one in particular expecting to meet me
When I saw a red glow from a cigarette just ahead
Well I wasn't thinking much with the buzz I had
But the closer they got I knew that something bad
Was about to do down I was as sure as the day is long
It'd beed fifteen years since I'd seen his face
And it took me right back to that nasty place
Where the beer bottles scattered around
With the shame and the fear and I said,
Hello daddy what are you doing here
How are you doing daddy I've been missing you
About as much as I can for what you put me through
Momma's looking good now too no thanks to you
I'm doing pretty good now I'm back in school
I finally got a guy that treats me pretty good
I'm trying to make plans but you know how it is
Well he didn't say a word he just kept staring
I thought, maybe my talking got the old man caring about
What he had what he left and where he is now
If I'm walking through a dream lord don't you wake me now
But as usual quite the opposite was true
He was drunk as me and probably twice as confused
He had that Mr. Hyde kook in his eye that I'll enver forget
He didn't seen to care what I'd done or learned
The only thing he was really concernet about was
Whether he could get more beer before everything closed
And as sad as I was I had to laugh out loud
Because the daughter he should've been so damn proud of
Had a little bit too much tonight af the bar
I was crazy naive por even thinking
That I'd ever come before this man's drinking
And as I watched him walk away to the corner store I thought,
Maybe I'll see you in fifteen more...