12 from A303 by Greg Hancock

12

If I’d done what my father did
All those years ago
Any child of mine would now be 12 years old.
And I would do no better –
I wouldn’t have a clue
My Daddy didn’t help me
He didn’t show me what to do
And yet I always knew
That he wanted to.

I wonder what my father thought
Back when I was 12
Round about the age I found a new name for myself.
Did he think that I could fight it
With God and good?
My Daddy didn’t speak to me
In words I understood.
And yet I always felt
That if he could he would.

And when I see my father now
It’s like looking at myself
I’m more like him now
Than like myself at 12
Does he look at me and see
A life he never knew?
I couldn’t help my Daddy.
I couldn’t show him a way through.
God, I hope he knew
That I wanted to.

• Acoustic
• Alternative
• folk
• guitar
• lyrics
• singer-songwriter
• Exeter