Our Father Who Art in Prison
Richard
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I was just a young man back then, full ______ hope and dreams
Thought I could give my ______ girl the world, or so it seemed
I warned ______ 'bout that no-good husband, told her he was bad ______
But she wouldn't hear it, said he was the one, her heart he'd never lose
But life had other ______ in store, that man brought naught but strife
He ______ my daughter, broke her heart, almost took her life
______ I had to step in, to protect my precious ______
Didn't mean for it to go so far, but ______ that moment, I ran wild
I'm a father, I'm ______ prison,
For protecting my little girl
She married ______ wrong man, I warned her from the start
He ______ her nothing but pain, he made her world fall ______
Our Father who art in prison
I'd do it ______ again, in a heartbeat
To save my precious angel, ______ whole world
I'd trade my freedom, for the safety ______ my little girl
I remember when she was just ______ toddler, so carefree and sweet
Pushing her dolls in ______ pram, by the old canal,
I swore I'd ______ her safe, from the darkness of this world
But ______ monster she married, made my daughter's life unreal
She ______ me every week, tears streaming down her face
Saying ______ shouldn't have done it, that I should have walked ______
But a father's love is boundless, there's no price ______ I won't pay
To protect my little angel, 'til ______ dying day
We've been spending most our lives,
With ______ father locked away inside
We've been spending most our lives,
In our father's prison paradise
We keep spending ______ our days,
Visiting him behind those gates
We ______ spending most our days,
In our father's prison paradise
We'll be spending all our lives,
'Til the day he's ______ again
We'll be spending all our lives,
In ______ father's prison paradise
Behind these bars, I see her ______ fade
Walls closing in, memories replay
Courtroom silence turned ______ world upside down
Judge's gavel slammed my dreams into ______ ground
I hear the yard call, echoes of the ______
Brothers in a hard place, life's on repeat
From ______ cell block, I dream of better days
Where my ______ smiles, and these nightmares fade
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