I’ll Catch You, Daddy

It a shame there are so many dysfunctional or broken families. Usually if there is an alcoholic parent one or more of the children will follow the same path. I’ve come across so many of these people in my life time. I call them the lost souls of Never Never land.

Mom gave birth to me
and Daddy uped and flee’d
but I’ll catch you Daddy

I ran away from home
The city streets I roam
My Daddy’s out here somewhere
and I’ll catch you Dad.

A vagrant way of life
No home, no job or wife
The years have taken their toll
Even though I’m young I look old
but I’m still looking Dad.

They found me in a comatose state
lying in the park
I guess I’ve lost my eyesight
cause all the world gone dark

They took me to a hospice
to humanely meet my fate.
They tell me I don’t have much time
With death I have a date

The old man in the next bed
They say he looks like me
They say his days are numbered too
He’s dying of T B

It seems we share the same name
cept my name’s john, he’s jack
He say, “I think that you’re my son.
But it’s too late to look back.

I was alway too busy running
No time for a wife or a child
I guess it was ’cause of my leaving
that cause you to run wild

Not to worry old man
No reason to be sad
The day you left
I swore an oath
and I finally caught you Dad.