Story Behind The Song

A tad auto-biographical.

Song Description

A divorced dad's pain over watching his son struggle with the seperation of his parents.

Lyrics

Tiny Shoulders (N. Ball/T. Saputo)


He's the little boy with freckles
and a purple Scooby case,
and he's headed right towards me
with a smile upon his face.
While the battle lines of anger
have lined my weary face,
he still floats above the battles
with an angel's saving grace.

How could he have earned the anger
that encircles him each day?
All he did was love his parents
when their own love slipped away.
Now he bounces from two places
like a pinball refugee.
Tiny shoulders bearing burdens
cause his folks just disagree.

Chorus:
If it please the court I'd like to say don't split my child in two.
'cause if splitting is the verdict, that's exactly what I'll do.
I can slip away real quiet to ensure a better way.
As Your Honor is my witness, I can disappear today.
[As Your Honor is my witness, Connor's life improves today]

Every Tuesday night and Friday,
we make quite the little team.
And on alternating weekends
he rotates right back to me.
In the whirl of all this swapping,
it's a wonderment to see
that my little boy maintains
an undivided love for me.

On the night after the weekend
of the alternating day,
he called me in the evening
just to ask if we could play.
But I understood his mother
wouldn't stand for such a thing
so I tried explaining Mondays
and the pain that they can bring.

Chorus:
If it please the court I'd like to say don't split my child in two.
'cause if splitting is the verdict, that's exactly what I'll do.
I can slip away real quiet to ensure a better way.
As Your Honor is my witness, I can disappear today.


c Norman Ball, 2003