Who Are You?

Who are you?
 And where did you go?
 And where are you from?
 And what do you know?
 You're in my blood
 And you're in the hair
 You're in my heart
 And you're in the air
 I met you, once,
 Over the phone
 You sounded sad
 And you seemed alone
 You left me, but
 I never left you
 I never had the chance
 Music was the one thing
 We would have had in common
 You were my age when I was born
 Would I have done what you did?
 Would I do what you have done?
 I'd like to think I'm a bigger man than that
 You had some problems with alcohol
 You took 12 steps
 And you solved them all
 It took 16 years
 For you to call
 What gave you the brave
 To pick up that call?
 You played the trumpet and the drums
 While my Mom sang at funerals
 I play guitar 'till my hands are numb
 You two are where music comes from for me
 So thank you so much
 For not raising me
 You spent your life on better things
 You would have been an awful Dad
 But thank you for those genes you had