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Daddy, I Loved You


I was thinking of you today You taught me so much in so many ways Like how to give up and just say goodbye And then to turn "love" into "wanting-to-die" You and my mom, you had it planned out so well But in the end it turned my life into Hell I should have known it was too good to be true But I was so little, I didn't know what to do Daddy I love you Daddy I need you So daddy please stay Don't wanna lose you So all those years when you were gone from my life I couldn't stop thinkin' 'bout what it would be like If you'd have sobered, if you could've just tried Rather than give up at the first bad sign. After all those years you show up again And after all those years, you still don't understand That when you left, you broke my heart It felt like you grabbed it and ripped it apart. Daddy I loved you Daddy I needed you So daddy please say That you love me too
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