Father / Daughter Dialogue - Loudon Wainwright III

Dearest Daddy with your songs

Do you hope to right your wrongs

You can’t undo what has been done

To all your daughters and your son

The facts are in and we have found

That basically you’re not around

Dearest Daddy, try as you might

You sing of my mother and me Somewhat sentimentally

You sing of a father and son

When all you do from him is run

You like to think that things are okay

By singing things ythat you should say

Dearest Daddy with your songs

Do you hope to right your wrongs

Darling Daughter can’t you see

The guy singing the songs ain’t me He’s someone people with I was

What I can’t do this dude does

And if the songs seem slightly pat

I know life’s messier than that

They’re just songs and life is real

They’re just my version how I feel

And you don’t feel the same I know

How it went down or it should go My mistakes you label wrongs

Iexpiate my guilt with songs

Why I’m uptight or not around

Those whys continue to confound

Darling Daughter can’t you see

The guy singing the songs ain’t me