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