| Dear Dad
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| I think about you every now and then
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| I hope to God that I don’t turn out like you as I grip this pen
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| Every time you cross my mind
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| I cross my heart and hope to die
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| That I won’t ever let myself become a disappointment to my mum
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| Father, you never bothered
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| About as close as north and south are to each other
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| But my mother, I really love her
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| Although sometimes I wish she would have chose another
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| As I reminisce, I think of all the birthdays and Christmases you missed
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| And no millionaire could afford what you cost me walking out the door
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| I’ve cried a thousand times but now I realize that this is only biological
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| You’re a name on my birth certificate and that’s all
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| Father, you never bothered
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| About as close as north and south are to each other
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| But my mother, I really love her
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| Although sometimes I wish she would have chose another
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| I’ll tie a rope around the neck of your Fred Perry
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| And hang you from my family tree |