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spring salty tears to my cheeks
rough anger courses my spine
where did you go?
why are you here?
i wish you were dead,
deadbeat dad

throat sore from years of screaming
and fighting and begging you to stay
blinded by young innocence
and malicious intent you never spared
you stole away my childhood years
choking down abuse and empty beers
why do you stare?
do you still care?
i wish i didn't wonder,
deadbeat dad

you still inflict fear upon me
my abuser i think of nightly
words still echoing through my head
threats and throw up on the bed
i still have that dent in my skull
from you throwing me into a wall
and the bruises on my heart
when you tore my world apart
but still i cry,
i'll never know why,
why did you leave?
deadbeat dad

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