April 24, 1981/My Father's Chair

Rick Springfield
앨범 : Written in Rock: The Rick Springfield Anthology

I know all your life you wondered
About that step we all take alone
How far does the spirit
travel on the journey
You must surely be near heaven
And it thrills me to the bone
To know Daddy knows
the great unknown
My Father's Chair
still standing there
All alone since the long night
Now it's three years
on and I still feel
He'll come home we'll be alright
So where's this healing time brings
I was told the pain would ease
But it still hurts
like the first night
That night my brother
my mother and I
Were looking up at a distant star
And wishing
we could reach that far
And back in the house
And alone for the first time
We told each other we cared
We avoided My Father's Chair
I watch my family we hold on
We are strong and we'll be alright
The clock continues counting down
all the while
And every child
will share the long night
But do the spirits meet again
Why am I still so filled with doubt
Is my soul everlasting
And the far distant future
When I knew you'd be gone
Came too fast and stays too long
Why do they leave
the weak of spirit
And take the strong
When the world turns sour
And I get sick from the smell
And I can't find no comfort there
I climb into My Father's Chair