In my usual style.. please listen and draw your own meanings.
Lyrics
Daddy plays the Honky Tonks and he lives out on the road
He hasn’t seen his little ones since the last big Christmas show
Blindly each night he goes on and he plays his old guitar
Then cries on through another night
As he wonders how they are
He’s a daddy
But he doesn’t know how to fill the boots he wears
He needs them to be proud of him
Those little ones who care
He sings the songs to make his name and he hopes he might get there
But the little ones just want daddy and he’s losing precious years
Drinking’s his only comfort but each bottle makes him worse
Last night he forgot the words to
E every second verse
He hides away until the day he can make his little ones proud
But they don’t care what daddy does
So long as he’s around
He’s a daddy
But he doesn’t know how to fill the boots he wears
He needs them to be proud of him
Those little ones who care
He sings the songs to make his name and he hopes he might get there
But the little ones just want daddy and he’s losing precious years
He’s loved just for who he is they don’t care what he does
But he doesn’t feel good enough
To deserve his little ones
The years have all past them now and time has slipped away
They’re all here together now
They’ll bury him today
And just before he closed his eyes the last thing he said out loud
I love you both my little ones
I hope I made you proud
He’s a daddy
But he doesn’t know how to fill the boots he wears
He needs them to be proud of him
Those little ones who care
He sings the songs to make his name and he hopes he might get there
But the little ones just want daddy and he’s losing precious years
But the little ones just wanted daddy and he lost those precious years.
