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Lyrics
You walked out of my life
Denied me what I need
If you couldn’t own up
You shouldn’t have planted the seed
That sprouted all of this anger
And still continues to fee
On hopeless emotions
Brought upon by your greed
Cuz all that you gave me
Blood runnin’ through my veins
But that doesn’t make you my father
And yea, you might’ve named me
But then you just walked away
I guess you just couldn’t be bothered
You commit the crime
And then you walked away
I was made to serve your time
Didn’t even have a say
Still I always knew
That you’d be back someday
I’d look you right in the eye
I’d turn my back and walk away
Cuz all that you gave me
Blood runnin’ through my veins
But that doesn’t make you my father
And yea, you might’ve named me
But then you just walked away
I guess you just couldn’t be bothered
Now you write a letter
Try to get to know me
Maybe if you were there
You could use your own eyes and see
But you had someplace better
Somewhere else to be
So turn around and go back
And never think of me
Cuz all that you gave me
Blood runnin’ through my veins
But that doesn’t make you my father
And yea, you might’ve named me
But then you just walked away
I guess you just couldn’t be bothered
Now I’m my own man
Never needed an old man
Did it all on my own and
That’s why I’m my own man
Story Behind The Song
I just want to say that I am a firm believer in a song taking on meaning for each person that listens to it. And I hope that happens for you. I just want to let you know what I was thinking when I wrote it. But please don’t let that ruin what the song means for you…
There’s not a whole lot to say about this one…it’s pretty self-explanatory.
My birth father gave me up for adoption when I was very young.
It’s something I struggled with a lot. I had an father that took me in. And I consider him my father.
But the sting of my real father not wanting me never left. Ever.
So when I was 18, I got a letter.
It was from him.
My whole life I had hated him for what I perceived as him abandoning me.
And I dealt with it the best way I knew how…by writing.
I actually wrote the original chords to this song and recorded it on a lost demo that I really hope never resurfaces.
But this is one of the first songs I ever recorded.