A Father’s Lament
V1
You were the pride and joy of your mother and me
I used to bounce you on the end of my knee
Gave you everything you wanted as we watched you grown
Never one time told you no
V2
You made the varsity team when you were twelve years old
Seemed like everything you touched turned gold
But a child reaps what his parents sow
We never learned how to tell you no
V3
Was it the drugs that killed you or the whiskey and the beer
In the car that we gave you in your senior year
You promised me and mom you’ld drive it sober and slow
I’d give my own life now if you’ld have just said no
V4
The days are lonely for your mother and I
The guilt will kill us till the day that we die
Do you hate us son, I guess we’ll never know
If you died ‘cause you never learned to just say no
You were the pride and joy of your mother and me
I used to bounce you on the end of my knee