So you wanna be a Dad?
How about first you be a man
It's not really that hard
I mean anybody can

Wanna say you hold the power?
Wanna say you do it all?
Well I think you're a coward
You don't do a thing at all

Dad, you have nothing and you are nothing
Just that money you've been countin'
You don't care I miss my daddy
Or my ma just wants your lovin'
To you, happy is money
Not our hugs or love or kissin'
Just like Krabs, it's "money, money"

I want love
I want hugs
I just want a Daddy, please
Dad, you shove
Momma loves
And I'm down on my knees
Every night
Pray to God
Don't even know if I believe
'Cause it never seems to work,
Daddy, why you wanna leave?

You have four kids and you say we're your whole world
You have one woman that you "love" to call your wife
Daddy, why'd you have to lie
When you said we were your life?

'Cause what I can't understand
Is how a man can't care
When you first held me in your hands,
Dad, you promised you'd be there

Momma's got it all on camera
You used to love us all
Liar, you should man up
'Cause where's my Daddy now?

I know Momma's favorite color
I know Momma's middle name
But with you, I don't know nothin'
Was it always just a game?

Momma tied my shoes
Momma combed my hair
But when I wanted Dad
You just 'couldn't be there'
So Mommy had to be the hero
'Cause Daddy couldn't care
Now Daddy's nothin' but a zero
'Cause Mom was always there

You want a clean slate?
You want a fresh start?
Well go and fuck yourself
'Cause family's not photo-art

Can't go insert a doggy
Can't blur out some blood-shot eyes
Just like I can't have a Daddy
Or some crystal-clear blue skies

You can't just toss some money
Say, "It comes from my big heart".
Life's not easy, milk and honey
Family's tough; it's sad; it's hard
And family can't be bought with money
It takes a man with heart

If you want us to stick around
Then, Daddy, you better work
'Cause we're standing up now
We're done taking all this hurt

k.s.

9.25.18