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Father Where Have You Gone?
Do you feel like a man?
When you push me around?
Does it make you feel better?
When you break me down?
Does it make you feel big?
To make me feel small?
Does it make you feel funny?
To laugh at my falls?
Does it make you a saint?
When you say the words?
That cause me such pain
Your personal curse
Does it make you feel safe?
To show me your gun?
And make me face
The fact I can't run?
Does it make it okay?
To tell me come home?
And to break me down
'Til I'm all alone
Does it comfort you?
To know there's a kid?
Whose life you can make crumble?
The way that mine did?
Does it make it okay?
Cause this one's a boy?
And you'll get your way
Like a child with a toy?
Does it make you more loved?
When you put him down?
Or make him the reason, you're not around?
Did it make you feel power?
When you made her cry?
Even in the brightest hours
Her smile had died
Does it make you a man?
That you made us fall?
No you're not a man
You have nothing at all
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