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My Hero
Daddy can you be my hero
Can I look to you
with pride
Will I always have a smile
As
I hold your hand while at your side
Can I
think of you as Superman
As the Hulk and Toolman
Tim
Can you be like mighty Tarzan
As we
play on the jungle gym
All I want is for you to
be my hero
Like any kid would do
Please
oh please daddy
Let me think these things of
you
I want you to teach me how to swim
To hold my bike so I won't fall
Want you
to be at my peewee games
As I run touchdowns
or hit the ball
On Sunday as we watch tv
May I lay close and cuddle tight
I want my dad
to wrestle with me
To tuck me in at night
If I ever have a class play
Can you sit in the
first row
Will you beam with fatherly pride
As you see how big I grow
Oh daddy
please daddy
Can you be my hero and stay
I
love you more than anything
Why are you going
away
Who is going to be my hero now
I am
really so confused
Mom says you called her bad
names
She was lonely and abused
But these
things don't mean anything
You know I am just a
kid
Daddy why did you go away
Was it
something bad I did?
Did I not make my bed
right
Was I to loud when I used to scream
Am I bad for crying and calling for you
On
those nights I have bad dreams
Daddy your
supposed to be my hero
You can't just leave me
alone
Dad's can't be a hero
Twice a week
while on the phone
Oh daddy please daddy
You have to find a way
I even wrote a special
note to Santa
To have you here on Christmas Day
I wish you never had me
That I
was never even alive
When other kids talk of
their daddy's
I hide my eyes and cry
Mommy
taught me a new word today
She says its called
"divorce"
Told me its because their were problems
But I wasn't the source
I don't even
know what that means . . .
Why is it
that you hurt me then
Its really not quite fair
I think you left me here alone
Because
you don't really care
I have problems in school
now
Fights with other kids
I throw temper
tantrums
Say bad words and tell lotsa fibs
I
am so very angry
I don't even know why
All I know is my daddy is gone
And he doesn't
even try
To come and see me . . .
You were supposed to be my hero
Like in the
movies dads are to kids
Instead I've grown up all
alone
And paid a price for what you did
Mom
was always there for me
I see the things she's
done
I love her more than anything
She's
proud I am her son
So now daddy I don't need you
I found my hero as you can see
That hero
is the woman
You left alone with me
Mommy has been my hero
That's something I realize
now
She worked hard at two jobs to pay the
bills
I ride a bike she taught me how
I got
to play football
She was Jane on the jungle
gym
Took days off to see my plays
Made me
happy once again
Oh mommy dear mommy
Your
the greatest hero I have known
I want you to
know with you in my life
I have never felt alone
. . .
I love you mom thanks for all
you've done
Thanks for being "My Hero" . .
.
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"My Hero" is copyright protected (C) R.S.S.
Andersen 1997 all rights reserved
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