DADDY, I GOT LOVE FOR YOU

Sep 10

Written By Mary Sparr

Sittin’ up in bed with stage 4 cancer

A chew of tobacco and all the answers

He said girl if you don’t learn to breathe

You ain’t ever gonna make it as far as me

Daddy I try to do like ya tell me, I hold my own, I love the lonely

I feed the fire, fuel the flame, I live to play another day

I know, ain’t no way to go

But I got love for you

I got love for you

Don’t ya want my love

Everybody’s got shit to give

Everybody’s got pain to live

This ain’t all about feelin’

And you got time that aint worth killin’

Making my living as a lone freelancer

Just to hear my baby sing Tiny Dancer

In the kitchen before breakfast at noon

Then we smoke our way through Harvest Moon

Daddy I try to do like ya tell me and not let people overwhelm me

I feed the fire, fuel the flame, I live to play another day

I know, ain’t no way to go

But I got love for you

I got love for you

Don’t ya want my love

In the mirrors a fadin’ romantic

Still drying flowers in her attic

On a staircase dusted with pain

But feeling better everyday

I know, ain’t no way to go

But I got love for you

I got love for you

Don’t ya want my love

Everybody’s got shit to give

Everybody’s got pain to live

This ain’t all about feelin

And you got time that ain’t worth killin’

Mary Sparr

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