Lyrics

My daddy wrote a check to me
just before he died. He said,
don't spend it all on alcohol 'cause
money will be tight
Don't forget that there are people
who have it worse than this
Don't be blinded by a world of bitterness

Well it hurt me so much deeper
when I learned that he had left
and I try to put the pieces back
together, but I guess
that will take another lifetime
before I will understand
'cause a boy don't know the
worries of a man

I don't know the answer to the questions I submit
and it hurts me deep inside
but then I try not to forget about
the people in this world
who have it worse than this
I am living in a world of benefit

So I drank away my sorrows
like I swore I'd never do
and I became the bitterness
that I had once refused
I admit that I am guilty of
the crimes that I've accused
I am guilty just like all the rest of you

But the harder I try
to see the world through your eyes
the more I find that it has
never been about me
The world hasn't changed
I've just never felt this way
I just want to find my place between the pleasure and the pain

My baby asked me "How long
does it take to write a song?"
I told her "it depends," but how I
hope that I am wrong
because I'd like to think a lifetime
will pass by before I know
the meaning of the words that I suppose