Daddy You're Not There

Now daddy you're not there for me
I don't know what to do
I've never seen your smiling face
or held you close and tight
I've never heard your voice at night
whispering 'I love you.'

I remember being young
and being daddyless
and how much that I wanted you
to come back home to me
but that never happened
and I doubt it ever will

And for now I guess I'm fine
I finally have a dad
I know he's not the real thing
but he's just as good
cause daddy isn't blood or looks or signatures on paper
it's a word a loving child gives a man who's always there