Glass Hammer - Dear Daddy lyrics

With your memory swimming 'round my head
Though Daddy you're dead and gone
I'll sing you this song
Of all I should have said

"Let me tell you, Jonny
That you ain't worth nothing without money
And all the time you've been away
First turned to months and now years
You oughta by now have some kinda career"
Oh but Father, gladly dear Daddy
I'll Stay far away from you
How can I grow up tall
Don't mean to be cruel
When you always make me feel but Daddy
I'm more than a fool inches small?
I was no more than a baby
When you told me, "stop that cryin'
It's making me angry
And one day, well just maybe
When you grow up you'll learn to shut up
And fake a smile like your dad
Whenever you are sad" but Father, sadly
Dear Daddy i'll stay far away from you
No it's not true don't mean to be cruel
Because you see this son's love
No, Dear Daddy has always surrounded you

When the whole world seemed so unkind
When the words in the
Storybook no longer rhymed
And when the sun would refuse to shine
I'd run and hide in that
Secret place in my mind
Wipe the tears off my face
And there I'd find that for a moment
But for a moment
The shadow of your presence seemed
To lift and fade away

When the whole world seemed so unkind
Father didn't you notice the rat race?
Were you never aware that the
Fear was written all over your face?
I guess you never knew your
Story was a blank page
But most of all dear Daddy
Did you ever notice me? Oh Father
I never meant to be cruel but farther
And farther away i stayed from you
Though I've always loved you
I was the one to walk out that door
But Father your heart departed
Father your heart departed long, long before

Oh Father didn't you notice the rat race?
Were you never aware that the
Fear was written all over your face?
I guess you never knew your
Story was a blank page
But most of all, dear Daddy
Yes most of all, dear Daddy
Did you ever notice me?

So I'll hold to the happier times
The endless summer days at the beach
As you lifted me over the waves
And held me so high
It was then that I could believe
I believed I could fly high!
Safe with my dad by my side
Wish you could know me now
We'd be great friends