Remember when I used to follow you everywhere you went?

I would put my little fingers underneath whatever closed door you were behind..

When your friends would come over to have a few cold ones and your

Curfew was up, I would be there to say “daddy, get inside.”

 

You told me not to grow up to fast,

But that is what I did.

Pretty soon, everything u told me to do was a headache..

Get off my case dad, I will do it later

 

You had to work a lot and were hardly ever home..

How l loved it, because I could do whatever I wanted.

Soon, the weekends were a drag because

I knew that you would be home

 

Then I met a guy who was so wrong for me

You told me to be careful and surprise surprise

You didn’t like him

He is changing you, you told me…

 

Then I couldn’t wait to move out

I need my space, I said to you

It hurt to see me move away and live

Away from home, but I wanted to leave.

 

But I’m not a kid anymore dad, I always said

But I was a kid, dad. I was a kid

And now dad, I’m a young adult

And I need you…

 

Your back isn’t as straight as before

Your eyesight isn’t 20/20

You’ve lost a lot of weight

You hair is getting grey

 

While I was too busy growing up

Dad, you were getting older

Don’t leave me dad, please

Stay with me forever…

 

What am I going to do without

My dad? Who is going to scold me and

Tell me that I was wrong? That I need

To be careful?

 

I don’t want to be an adult Dad,

I want to be a kid again

So that you can be young again

Too!