wake up my son it's time to go
packed up my stuff and out the door
how could i know there was to be no father no more
i wish he was here yet he can stay gone
you can't blame me...it's kinda funny how there's no more...

screamin', no fightin', no hittin', no fear anymore
things are doin' lots better 'round here
i was the man of the house now, right?

nobody asked me, just gave me
i did without some and then some
fathers in proxy, taught me what a man was
she had to pay the bills i had to find my own deals
unlike those that came before me, they had it all given to them like....

cars & clothes, brothers & sisters, playin' ball
you never coached me, you just left me
with the mantle of being a man
ya know, i wasn't ready for that shit, damn, i was just a kid

just like that.....
man of the house i be
head of the family
just 10 years old
dad, where did you go?

i was just a child, just a kid