Daddy never came home,
He went out to sea to stay,
Daddy never came home,
He went out and lost his way.
All our memories fade
Like paint drying in the sun,
And all our morning tears fall
On our cheeks where we are but one.
Arms so slender, hands so thin
Holding on would be a bargain.
Across the cliffs where seagulls
Cry out to the rolling sea,
Is a place where hunger
Gets the best of all that's free.
A mind forgets when years are spent
Turning away into the distance.
A compass no truer, a line secured
There is no cost when all is laid to waste.
Daddy never came home,
He went out to sea to stay,
Daddy never came home,
He went out and lost his way.
And all the ships are anchored
At bay from the shifting tides,
And all the sails are down below
Hiding from a wind that scores the night.
He went out to sea to stay,
Daddy never came home,
He went out and lost his way.
All our memories fade
Like paint drying in the sun,
And all our morning tears fall
On our cheeks where we are but one.
Arms so slender, hands so thin
Holding on would be a bargain.
Across the cliffs where seagulls
Cry out to the rolling sea,
Is a place where hunger
Gets the best of all that's free.
A mind forgets when years are spent
Turning away into the distance.
A compass no truer, a line secured
There is no cost when all is laid to waste.
Daddy never came home,
He went out to sea to stay,
Daddy never came home,
He went out and lost his way.
And all the ships are anchored
At bay from the shifting tides,
And all the sails are down below
Hiding from a wind that scores the night.