(Dennis DeYoung)
father
you're a sad old man

your tawdry vest is gray

memories

of a former man
are all your words convey


father
oh can't you see
the tarnished robe you wear


a crown
for fools

the people laugh
you never seem to hear


father
you're life's a ship
that's never been to sea


the bottle
that surrounds your life

you'll sail eternally

[keyboard solo]


children
please understand

a man must stand alone

and face a world

he'll never know
and never call his own


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father
father

father
father
father

father
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