[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:12.75]I remember this afternoon [00:15.51]When my sister came into the room [00:18.21]She refused to say how my father was [00:20.88]But I knew he'd be dying soon [00:23.73]And I was oh so glad and it was oh so sad [00:28.65]That I realized that I despised this man I once called father [00:34.62]In his hanging on with fingers clutching [00:39.51]His body now just eighty-eight pounds [00:42.81]Blinded eyes still searching for some distant dream [00:47.46]That had faded away at the seams dying alone naturally [01:08.43]I was his favorite child I had him a little while [01:13.74]Just as long as I could play the piano and smile a little smile [01:19.23]Just when I needed him most he was already a ghost [01:24.18]And for all my life there where promises [01:26.88]And they always have been broken [01:29.70]Leaving me alone with all my troubles [01:34.89]Not ever once touching me and saying [01:38.22]Daughter I'll help you get over [01:40.26]Now he's fading away and I'm glad to say [01:45.39]He's dying at last naturally [02:04.08]It's a very sad thing to see that my mother with all her heart [02:09.21]Believes the words that the Bible said 'til death do us two part' [02:14.73]For her that was forever and ay he decided her night and day [02:19.89]How could some English words so small affect someone so strangely [02:29.19]Taking her away from us her soul included [02:34.11]She might es well be gone with him all the children are excluded [02:39.54]Loneliness is hell I know so well [02:44.67]For I'm alone naturally [03:57.54]I waited three weeks for him to die [04:03.48]I waited three weeks for him to die [04:13.53]Every night he was calling on me I wouldn't go to him [04:23.34]I waited three weeks for him to die three weeks for him to die [05:07.29]And after he died after he died every night I went out [05:14.76]Every night I had a flight it didn't matter who it was with [05:19.29]'Cos I knew what it was about and if you could read between lines [05:24.75]My dad and I close as flies I loved him then and I loved him still [05:32.07]That's why my heart's so broken [05:39.66]Leaving me to doubt God in His mercy [05:47.10]And if He really does exist then why does He desert me [05:56.67]When he passed away I smoked and drank all day [06:07.41]Alone again naturally