Dear Father

Bless you Father for you have sinned
You made a little boy cry

Down on your knees and repeat after him

“There’s none so unworthy as I”

Mama she figures he needed a hand

Papa says “keep him in line”

And they send the same message home time and again

“Your little boy’s doing just fine”
But oh oh how could you do that to him

Dear Father – dear Father

Oh oh haven’t you heard it’s a sin

To be cruel and unkind

And so wickedly blind
Bless you Father for you have sinned

You made a little boy cry

You act without reason
React on a whim

Don’t you see the scared look in his eye
But oh oh mercy is still within reach

Dear Father – dear Father

Oh oh is that not the madness you preach

When you raise up your voice

Full of your sacred noise
In the name of your saints

In the name of the cross

I’ve got a feeling you’ve missed

I’ve got a feeling you’re lost

In the name of the saints

In the name of the truth

Just an angry old man

And a poor trembling youth
Bless you Father for you have sinned

You made a little boy cry

And I try to make sense of this confusion within

But I can’t though I try and I try
Oh oh how could you do me like that

Dear Father – dear Father

Oh oh haven’t you heard it comes back in the end

When you step on the soul of a friend

Bless you Father for you have sinned