Far Q - Lower Than Atlantis

Dear Dad

I think about you every now and then

I hope to God that I don’t turn out like you as I grip this pen

Every time you cross my mind

I cross my heart and hope to die

That I won’t ever let myself become a disappointment to my mum

Father, you never bothered

About as close as north and south are to each other

But my mother, I really love her

Although sometimes I wish she would have chose another

As I reminisce, I think of all the birthdays and Christmases you missed

And no millionaire could afford what you cost me walking out the door

I’ve cried a thousand times but now I realize that this is only biological

You’re a name on my birth certificate and that’s all

Father, you never bothered

About as close as north and south are to each other

But my mother, I really love her

Although sometimes I wish she would have chose another

I’ll tie a rope around the neck of your Fred Perry

And hang you from my family tree