Fatherless

Well, here's a tale I've not yet told
 I was a victim when I was 8 years old
 I was shipped off to a dormitory
 Full of kids who made no sense to me
 And I cried myself to sleep each night
 For 3 straight weeks until I was dead inside
 But I'm not asking for your pity
 It's just that fairytales about fathers make me angry
 I was never taught how to deal with this
 But I soldier onwards nonetheless
 I'm fatherless and it makes me feel like I'm an alien
 Oh lord, what I wouldn't give
 For a caregiver who had care to give
 I'm alone and I don't know how or if to be a man
 Look at me now!
 Vacancy, job vacancy!
 I need somebody to be the making of me
 Someone to take me fishing
 You can't blame a grown-up kid for wishing
 Someone to teach me how to shave
 To tut over the mistakes I've made
 To offer some fatherly advice
 Some kind of acknowledgement would be nice
 I was never taught how to deal with this
 But I soldier onwards nonetheless
 I'm fatherless and it makes me feel like I'm an alien
 Oh lord, what I wouldn't give
 For a caregiver who had care to give
 I'm alone and I don't know how or if to be a man
 Look at me now!
 Do I make you proud?
 Oh, look at me now
 Have you heard the news?
 I've finally found Jesus
 He'd locked himself into the bathroom at the party
 I had to talk him down he was having a whitey
 And he said "Francis, I don't need this
 The expectations and relentless pressure
 Of a distant and judgemental father"
 And I said "I can see what you mean, JC
 But at least he's paying some kid of attention
 To his miraculously spawned conception
 But for some of us we struggle to be seen
 And I sold my soul to rock and roll
 In a desperate throw to even be noticed at all."
 Look at me now!
 Am I enough of a man?
 Oh, look at me now