Story Behind The Song

A baby written song that started from a book title called Dont Let Her See Me Cry which was critiqued and I was told it was crap - this distilled the best of the lines of the original and reset it

Song Description

The pain of hardship of a parent that wants the best for their children,it is not always possible and the stoic face whilst the heart burns wishing it could be another way

Lyrics

My Fathers Face Copyright © RogersonLB 2011

I was crying spoilt tears at the front door, oh how I wanted that truck
Dad sat close to comfort me, staring down at his calloused hands
Said son we only got so much, first comes grits in your gut
Giving love paying off the farm, one day I'm sure you'll understand, saw he had
Fathers face, the one kept special for times like these
When things weren't going his way or cause of what people did
It was his look of love, look of stone, his look to hide his pain
For men in this world
Need a Fathers Face

My youngest Susie had her birthday; we got her what we could
She's at that age knowing what she wants, and no clue the costs of thing
She see's what the others have, new iPhones golden rings
Without a job we've got no spare cash, so now I understood, I had on his

Down at the carpenters house,
His arms out stretched and his hands filled with nails
I was praying to him, it was then I saw he had

Fathers face, the one kept special for times like these
When things weren't going his way or cause of what people did
It was his look of love, look of stone, his look to hide his pain
For men in this world
Need a Fathers Face