Family

As a young child

I would walk at your feet

I was so in awe

The stories you told me

The way you would hold me

I felt so small

You were the best of all

Then we watched you fall

Hard to believe

We could all be deceived

They were tender years

Choices you made

We all felt betrayed

And time stood still

But the past is done

We were very young

Oh Father you've got to be strong

Oh Mother don't cry

I know that you've tried

Please be strong

Oh

Lord I was shaken

Heartsick and vacant

And filled with doubt

Trapped in a cage

I became so enraged

I would fight to get out

Were we all to blame?

I felt such shame

Oh Father you've got to be strong

Oh Mother don't cry

You know that we've tried

Please be strong

Oh

Now that I'm grown

With a child of my own

I reflect on the years

The love that was lost

We all paid a cost

With a life filled with tears

Oh but I love you dear

Let us move from here

Oh Father you've got to be strong

Oh Mother don't cry

You know that we've tried

Please be strong

Oh sister don't cry

You know that we've tried and tried