All the things I've seen couldn't prepare mefor what I was about to experience
As a little boy, growing up in a world,made for all the big kids and the big toys
Sometimes, I'd sit around and wait, play with my toy cars,until the wheels would turn no more,
then I'd think to myself is my dads car coming homeor will this be another night,my mom, my brother and I, tucking ourselves in?

Chorus:
I learned my alphabet to spell dad,how quickly dad turned to sad, in my
preschool days, and the rest of my lifeMy mother did the best that she could, my brother
stayed as strong as he stood, a
father figure to me, my preschool days

I remember all the times mom cried,my brother stayed strong by her side,
and I would stand and wonder why there was threewhen there should be fourMaybe my dad got lost driving home
and then again it wouldn't make sense, I feel alone

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Break:
So where has he been? He's running out of timeI haven't heard from him I hope he's doing fineMoney cannot buy years of missing themDaddy gave it up, the kids forgave him