[Complex Piano Solo/Intro] . I was a child once I had a mother and a father Sister and a brother Now I am a man And I sometimes think Why even bother? Would I even make a good father? Could I raise a son to be a man? Teach him how to stand? Could I raise a daughter? I don't want to know what it would be like to see her cry, and call out save me, daddy Knowing someone hurt my baby [Chorus] So maybe I'll just roam alone Never making a steady home And hide from the possibility Of just maybe Failing at the responsibility Of being a good father [Piano Instrumental] . [Verse] I've deprived myself A life and a wife The joy of being part of creating life And chose instead An empty life of solitude and strife I don't want to know what it would be like to disappoint a wife Or see a son fail at life because I didn't raise him right I don't want to know what it would sound like to hear I hate you from a daughter So I won't even bother [Chorus] I'll just wander Never making a steady home And hide from the possibility Of just maybe Failing at the responsibility Of being a good father So I won't even bother [Complex Piano Solo/Outro/Fade Out] .
