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Daddy's gotta work

daddy's gotta work are the words I utter as I left that morning

Leaving happiness and innocence in your eyes

I left to provide, material things that we need to survive

Now more then ever I play for hopes in winning the loteria

The borrowing system does not work here, because nadie fia

So daddy's gotta work, while he cries in the car cuz he misses your smile and voice

Daddy has to work, and it takes me away from memories

Away from happiness

Away from family because

Father's have been working for centuries

To get broken backs and broken spirits

And it pains me to do so cuz I hated those words

When my father would say them to me

Because I thought I had done something wrong and this was my punishment

The few memories I have of being happy with him are too few

I don't want the same for you or for others

The industrial revolution and capitalistic nation

Has kept fathers away from families

Has blinded them from the true feeling of happiness

Many have been worked to death, so I can appreciate my richness, my wealth, you

I would leave any job to be with you

To see you play, to learn and watch you grow under my satisfaction

To frolic in fall leaves, wake up to smiles instead of darkness

To be there literally and physically for every step you take

That is what I would do if I would win the loteria

Make sure that no father will ever have to utter those words

Daddy gotta work

Cuz families are torn apart to in order to make money

Children won't see their fathers, until they cannot longer remember them

Father's will miss the sounds of laughter and become cash cows

Adapting to the system of Western Union and the calling card

Missing the reason they are here, there, everywhere trying

to earn the mighty dollar

All because father's have lost the meaning of happiness

Their Children.

Rodrigo © 2006