U Didn't Know How 2 Be A Father

There's just one thing I need to ask you
And please answer honest and true
Tell me why it is you don't love me
Explain it clearly, make me see
Growing up I would wish for your love
Crying and pleading with the heavens above
Each candle blown out on my birthday
Was wishing you would come my way
Or even pick up the phone and call
Any kind of attention from you at all
I blamed myself for the way you treated me
If only I had behaved perfectly
Maybe if I were just a little bit smarter
Or tried a little bit harder
What could I have done to make you stay?
Just tell me what made you stay away
Did you ever think of me?
Your daughter you never wanted to see
I guess me you never did miss
Oh what, did you forget what a father is?
Someone who loves and provides
He doesn't run away and hide
He knows how to make the hurt go away
He doesn't miss every birthday and holiday
You never did know how to be a dad
That makes me very sad
But I just realized something true
It was nothing I did or could do
I'm not to blame for the way you act
It's all your fault, in fact
And I realized, after all, I don't hate you
Actually I still love you, I really do