Thanks to you I’m here;
I don’t just mean the birth thing.
Happy Mother’s Day.
Tag family
Good advice
Remember kid,
always look out
for Number One.”
Good advice,
I suppose,
so long as
you choose
your Number One
wisely.
Observer
I watch from outside
as your life grows without me.
I miss you, kiddos.
Greyhound Blues in D No.3
When he met her
She was waiting
For a train at the Greyhound station
She said it was a metaphor for her life
He had a dream
She had a mission
But he got held back by her ambition
It’s true — it always gets to you
She couldn’t tell you the name of a star in the sky
If you say it’s important, she’d only ask you why
She never understood why everyone has to die
But they do, so she goes boo-hoo-hoo
Now they’re married
Moved to California
Raising a family though they can’t afford it
It’s strange, but it seemed so right
He’d get a mistress
If he had the courage
But one look in her eyes his guts turn to porridge
She’s got hers, down on the southside
He couldn’t tell you the name of a star on the screen
Those things are never as important as they seem
He can’t understand why everyone is so mean
But they are, and he goes down with them
They separated
Everything had faded
He sits around feeling cynical and jaded
That’s life, can it ever be right?
She came back one day
Having something to say
Honey, we’re in the family way
Again, tell all of our friends
You could see the stars in their eyes
Even though he knew it was all a lie
This is what he wanted, he never asked why
They’re like talk-show guests, praying for the best
daddy
life goes on
even without me there
and your lives keep changing
exponentially
and it breaks my heart
to have to watch
from the sidelines
a weekend warrior
in your precious lives
but these are the breaks
the curveballs life throws
and i can only try
my best to connect
even if it’s not always enough
for me
or for you
it’s all i can do
i’ll always be daddy
i just hope i can still
make ‘daddy’ mean something
It Seemed Important at the Time... 