You said you couldn't keep me when you were seventeen
Too young to be a father
You kissed my hand and took your leave

And you taught me how to make believe

Make believe I was a gift to you from heaven

Make believe that you would take me as your own
Make believe that you would set the mark of what a man should be
You taught me how to make believe


And now that I've grown older
I long for us to meet

I have a million questions
But most of all I want to see
If all of it was make believe


Another year has come and gone
I am living with your family

And I feel right at home
In the place where I always wanted to be


I'm going out this evening
I check the mirror twice
You stop me on the staircase

You kiss my hand and say that I look beautiful tonight

And I believe I was a gift to you from heaven

And I believe that you would take me as your own
I believe that you set the mark of what a man should be
Now I don't have to make believe