I’m trying to forget
But I find that I cannot
I’m trying to forget
But I’m finding that it’s hard

I know it would be better, Father
If I could just forget
Those things you said
Those things you did
Those times you were not there for us

Mother did not deserve it, Father
I did not deserve it either
You should have tried harder, Father
I truly wish you had

Now Mother is gone,
And I only have you
But I guess we cannot choose our family
Any more than we can choose the direction
That our lives lead us in

You come and go
You leave me alone for hours
Every day it gets worse
One night, the clock strikes midnight, Father
And you have not returned

Now you are gone,
And I have no one
But for some reason I hold onto your memory
No longer trying to forget you, Father
Clutching it tightly, because

As mean as you were
As cold as you were
You were my father

And I suppose that we cannot choose our family
But can only make do with what we have