WHY DADDY WHY
What made you fear
So you couldn’t be here
Why daddy why daddy why
Brings tears to my face
‘cause there’s empty space
Why daddy why daddy why
What voice did you hear
So soft or so clear
Why daddy why daddy why
That made you be gone
Think you couldn’t go on
Why daddy why daddy why
What was the fright
Made you give up the fight
Why daddy why daddy why
No matter where I do go
I still miss you so
Why daddy why daddy why
You left us so young
Our story just begun
Why daddy why daddy why
We needed your love
Not in the ground or above
Why daddy why daddy why
Why didn’t you trust
That you’d always have us
Why daddy why daddy why
Did you have to quit trying
Leave all of us crying
Why daddy why daddy why
You own life you did end
And grief you did send
Why daddy why daddy why
Even after all of these years
It still brings me tears
Why daddy why daddy why
You could have seen my own child
So joyful and wild
Why daddy why daddy why
Why choose your own death
Force out your last breath
Why daddy why daddy why
No one could take your place
Seems a cowardly waste
Why daddy why daddy why
And to God I still pray
For one chance to say
“Why daddy why daddy why?”