This song just reminds me of you and the love that blossomed in my heart when I first saw you.
You are now, always have been, and forever will be in my heart.
Love,
Daddy
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Ballade pour Liliana
Posted in Songs for Lili on April 11, 2025| Leave a Comment »
The Great Pretender
Posted in For My Princess Lili, Songs for Lili on September 5, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Oh yes I’m the great pretender
Pretending that I’m doing well
My need is such I pretend too much
I’m lonely but no one can tell
Oh yes I’m the great pretender
Adrift in a world of my own
I play the game but to my real shame
You’ve left me to grieve all alone
Too real is this feeling of make believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can’t conceal
(ooh ooh)
Yes I’m the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I’m not, you see
I’m wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you’re still around
Too real is this feeling of make believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can’t conceal
Yes I’m the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I’m not, you see
I’m wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you’re still around
Maybe this will help you to understand…
Posted in For My Princess Lili, Songs for Lili on May 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »
…how a marriage may end, despite whatever good intentions it started out with, or what joy a beautiful child may have brought. The marriage ends when two people fall out of love. That’s all there is to it, Lili. We had precious little in common, it turns out, except for you.
[Verse 1]
Lines on my head from that one thing she said
She spoke of strangers that don’t sleep two a bed
Kept on trying, buying time, not waiting on fate
Somehow got the feeling that I opened my eyes too late
[Chorus]
I saw where you came from
I called out your name, but there’s no answer
We lived on your doorstep
I made you my wife, but I don’t need that
[Verse 2]
Lines on my face while I laugh, lest I cry
Speed city, dirt and gritty, waving me goodbye
So many people, a family of friends
Trying so hard to make me smile until this heartache mends
[Chorus]
I saw where you came from
I called out your name, but there’s no answer
We lived on your doorstep
I made you my wife, but I don’t need that
[Verse 3]
Ice in her eyes, frozen tears could never be a surprise
You can’t erase a dream, you can only wake me up
My mind is turning slower, never to accept defeat
It don’t matter where I stay, I still got a house to heat
[Chorus]
I saw where you came from
I called out your name, but there’s no answer
We lived on your doorstep
I made you my wife, but I don’t need that
I’ll Let You Figure This One Out
Posted in Songs for Lili on October 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »
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Here’s my story it’s sad but true
It’s about a girl that I once knew
She took my love then ran around
With every single guy in town.
Chorus:
Hayp hayp
Bumda hady hady, hayp hayp
Bumda hady hady, hayp hayp
Bumda hady hady hayp.
Chorus
Ah, I should have known it from the very start,
This girl will leave me with a broken heart.
Now listen people what I’m telling you
A-keep away from-a Runaround Sue.
I miss her lips and the smile on her face,
The touch of her hair and this girl’s warm embrace.
So if you don’t wanna cry like I do
A-keep away from-a Runaround Sue.
Chorus
Ah, she likes to travel around,
She’ll love you but she’ll put you down.
Now people let me put you wise,
Sue goes out with other guys.
Here’s the moral and the story from the guy who knows,
I fell in love and my love still grows.
Ask any fool that she ever knew, they’ll say
Keep away from-a Runaround Sue.
Chorus
(Repeat last two verses and Chorus)
Someday, I hope you’ll understand
Posted in Songs for Lili on August 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »
What Wrong Have I Done You?
Posted in Songs for Lili on February 4, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Live Good
Try my best to live good
Yes, yes, yes
Try my best to do the right. All the right I can
Yes, yes, yes
I don’t know what wrong have I done you
I don’t know. No, no, no
I don’t know what wrong have I done you
I don’t know. No, no, no
All I know I must speak I must
Yes, yes, yes
All I know I must speak. I must
Yes, yes, yes
Yes, yes, yes
Yes, yes, yes
Yes, yes, yes
I don’t know what wrong have I done you
I don’t know, no, no, no
I don’t know what wrong have I done you
I don’t know, no, no, no
All I know I must speak, I must
Yes, yes, yes
All I know I must speak, I must
Yes, yes, yes
Daddy’s Little Girl
Posted in For My Princess Lili, Songs for Lili on September 21, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I’ll Be Seeing You
Posted in Songs for Lili on September 4, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Indian Summer
Posted in Songs for Lili on January 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »
On the wind
Summer’s leaving
It found me grieving
Living on my own thinking of you
Thinking of you
In the sand
By Rainbow River
My love did shiver till the fire and I warmed her again
Want you again
And I need you all through the night
Ah hold back the Winter Indian Summer
I’m not sure if I can take the snow
In mid December I can’t help but wonder
How will I ever last till the coldness goes
Baby I miss you all through the day
Ah hold back the Winter Indian Summer
I’m not sure if I can take the snow
In mid December I can’t help but wonder
How will I ever last till the coldness goes
Yesterme Yesteryou Yesterday
Posted in Songs for Lili on December 30, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Dear Lili,
After the separation, I still believed that somehow the bond we had forged would remain strong, despite “the forces” that conspired against us. I so looked forward to the weekends we shared together, even though it broke my heart every time I had to drop you off and say good-bye. We were close, as a father and daughter should be, and I truly believed that I could watch you grow up and that I could continue to be a good dad to you. I was wrong in that dream, of course, and little by little, I watched you slip away from me. Our visits became less and less frequent, until eventually they ended altogether. Somebody asked me today what I would have done differently. What more could I have done, though, than I had? The odds were stacked against us. It does now seem like a cruel and foolish game we used to play indeed.
Love always,
Your Dad ❤
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