keep my father away from me

keep my dad away from me

i do not know how to be gentle

like when he held his first baby

his hands rough and slightly awkward

softer as more came

handling with much more ease

but keep my dad away from me

i do not know how to get softer

perhaps if i had two, maybe three

i'd know how to be a kinder daughter

but rage, it comes till it leaves

so keep my father away from me

i only have one but he has three

he can pour all his love to the other two

i will survive, i have tougher, rougher skin

so keep my father away from me.