You Don't Understand

Dad, why can’t you understand,
Let me go out and be a man,
Let me do the things I want to do,
Not live the life that you want me to,

I hate the way push things on me,
I wish that you would open your eyes and see,
I’m not like you in a lot of ways,
Maybe you’ll realize that some day,

The things I want to do I am sure,
To change the way you feel there’s no cure,
You only see things from your point of view,
God forbid you see things the way I do,

Let me live and experience things on my own,
Let life teach me things, let me be shown,
I don’t want to live from your trials in this world,
The ideas I present to you, out of your head you hurled,

You don’t believe I can achieve what I say,
I am going to strive harder and harder each day,
I want to prove you wrong with what we’ve said,
I am not following your lead, I don’t want to be led,

I will do things my own way and succeed I will,
I know that I can pay each and every bill,
I will have the money and save when I can,
Dad, why can’t you understand,