A Song For My Son

from The Whole in the Pieces by Bob Fenster & The Windows

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You ask a lot of questions, I do my best to answer
Used to be pretty easy, now they’re getting harder
I know it’s no surprise that I’m easily confused
I don’t want to tell you lies but sometimes I don’t know the truth

Randy wrote a song for his son, so I should write one for you
A catchy tune stuck in your head that tells you what to do

I know you don’t feel better when I promise the pain will end
I don’t want to make things worse, but the pain, it’ll come again

Randy wrote a song for his son, so I should write one for you
A message hidden in the rhymes that tells you what to do

I sometimes wonder what it would sound like
The song my father never wrote for me
As sharp and helpful as a broken knife
An annotated list of barstool tips on… how to leave

Don’t know why people are mean and I can’t fix what’s been done
These are things I cannot change, lessons you have to learn
I’m not so good at leaving, and I know you wish I was
Long ago I figured out, that’s not what a father does

Randy wrote a song for his son, so I should write one for you
A catchy tune stuck in your head that tells you what to do
Randy wrote a song for his son… I should write one for you
So that when I’m dead and gone, you’ll know what to do

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from The Whole in the Pieces, released March 15, 2021
Lyrics by Peter McDade / Music by Bob Fenster & The Windows

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