Hey dad

	  		Verse 1: 
 
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Hey Dad, where you been for so long? Why won't you look at me? Is there 
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something wrong? Do you remember me, the son that you conceived? Why won't 
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you look at me? A son that you deceived. 
 
 
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Oh God, what did I do to deserve this? A man I never knew. A man I cannot 
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miss. I gave you many chances, many that you took. And now I stand before 
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you. You won't even look. 
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How can we start all over when we never began? How can you be a father, 
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When you're not even a man? Why do you play these games? That are in my head 
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You said you'd love me dearly, but it looks like he's dead. 

Bridge: 
 
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Oh God, what did I do to deserve this? A man I never knew. A man I cannot 
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miss. 
 
 
{Chorus} 
 
 
Verse 2: 
 
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So then came kids of my own. I was there for them. I am the man you 
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couldn't be. (I didn't learn from him.) Where he is, I don't even know at 
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all. I don't even remember, The last time he called. 
 
 
{Chorus} 
 
 
Bridge: 
 
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Oh God, what did I do to deserve this? A man I never knew. A man I cannot 
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miss. 
 
 
Outro: 
 
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How can we start all over? How can we start all over? How can we start all 
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over? How can we start all over? Hey Dad. 
 
 
End with Am, let it ring.