Promises stitched carefully

Like an Old worn out quilt

Sewn only to soothe

All your mountains of guilt

You'll never quite know

About that empty scorn

Cause you weren't around

When my daughter was born

You flew us to see you,

You weren't at the gate

By the time you showed up

I thought-Too little, too late

It took some time

To warm up to the thought

That this man was my dad

Who hoped love could be bought

I'm not saying,

That I loved you any less

It was wondering if you still cared

That I was left just to guess

I wanted to forgive you

In hopes that you'd see

That left back in your shadows

Was a broken, unwanted me

I was left with an image,

of a girl on Daddy's lap

That would one day grow up,

To take another man's crap

You missed a few birthday's

A Christmas or two,

But what really went missing,

Was the father in you

You were always distracted,

When we talked on the phone

I was part of that old life,

You wish went unknown

Yes, you are my father

That now I don't know

As time keeps passing,

And your granddaughter's grow

You keep running away,

Keep turning your head

Oblivious to all the tears

On my bed that I've shed

I'll stay left behind,

In the life that wasn't good enough for you,

Yes, you are my father

But not the one that I knew.