[Verse] He said he'd be back before the dusk fell thin Left his boots by the door as the rain rolled in With the jingle of keys and a crooked old grin Daddy went out But he never came in [Verse 2] The fridge stayed empty The clock hands spun Momma kept saying "Guess he's on the run" But every night I'd wait ‘til the stars were none Hoping I'd see him ‘fore the rising sun [Chorus] Milk gone daddy A ghost in the breeze Left a trail of silence that still don’t freeze Took the carton My hope And a piece of me Milk gone daddy Where could you be [Verse 3] The store ain't but ten and a half miles down Yet twenty years roll by in this ghost-like town The creak of the floor still echoes his sound But the man with the milk hasn’t been profound [Bridge] I wonder if the world swept him off his feet Or if he found another family to meet Does he think of a boy waiting Incomplete Or am I the dust on the road beneath [Chorus] Milk gone daddy A ghost in the breeze Left a trail of silence that still don’t freeze Took the carton My hope And a piece of me Milk gone daddy Where could you be
