I Am Your Father

Sensitive boy, military father

Both of them needing something very badly from the other

They had no choice; they could not reach eachother

Now the boy's an angry man; he holds it in no longer



(He says) I could never win anything 'cause I already felt beaten

And you have always hated me so I guess now we're even

So look at me now - I'm not afraid to fight you man to man

And the old man says



I am your father

I am not another

Of your schoolboy classmates

I am your father

And you will not forget me

I will stay part of you forever



Listen to my side

Looking back I wonder

Why I couldn't feel for you the way I felt about your brothers

And there were times

I'm sure you still remember

When I tried to talk to you and you left me an outsider



I avoid painful things so you were avoided

And I never really hated you, just sometimes dissappointed

So look at me now

Am I the same as the man you love to hate?

No matter what...



I am your father

I am your father

And you can mess up my face - go ahead

But I'll still be your father

And you cannot forget me

I will stay part of you forever



I could never look at you and say I love you

I was taught that real men never broke down

I feel like a victim I know you do too

Like father like son

I'm so sorry for the things I've done



I am your father

I am your father

Come what may

I'll be part of you forever