
The Kelly Song Collective
My Father's Face
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My father's face has grooves in it each appear in bold
In great relief when he is warm, recess when he is cold
He got them watching water freeze spraying winter lawn
Two feet from my frozen pane, miles from our dawn
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Planks of pine will line his work like trees around a lake
It may as well be Galilee beneath the strides I'll make
But I will be the one who doubts my steps upon the sea
Then with a simple child's chair he steadies me
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An easy act of science, a frozen frame on sod
But he is not the carpenter, I'm not the son of God
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His sleep was broken by a chord, his ice cracked by a pick
His heart was scarred by a guitar, his dream a hockey stick
I nailed his wishes to a cross and saw that it was good
I know it isn't lost on him how much is made of wood
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My father's face has grooves in it he got them in the cold
Building us a backyard rink behind the home he sold
Sometimes sons break father's hearts - I know more than I knew
Begging you forgive your boys, they know not what they do
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© Audsongs 2014

Love song.