[Verse 1]
What is there to say when it is too late?
Does it make a difference anymore?
Nothin' left but emptiness that keeps me in despair
I won't find no closure in anywhere
I won't get another chance to tell you
Again I put my thoughts under the bed
Wasted time, I wasted years, and both of us to blame
Stubbornness's the winner every time
And you and I are the loser every time
[Chorus]
'Cause you didn't want me
You didn't love me
And you weren't there to help this troubled boy
From all the mess, I got myself into
You weren't proud of me
You were ashamed of me
You couldn't look me in the eyes and say
"I'm sorry that I failed you all the way"
[Verse 2]
I once had someone I called my father
Memories are fadin', but they are there
Oh, what I would give to walk into this room again
And have my daddy greet me with his smile
I can't blame it all on you, I know that
Much of this is really my own fault
But if I had mattered more and you had stuck around
I could have been the winner in this town
If only you had never let me down
[Chorus]
'Cause you didn't want me
You didn't love me
You weren't there to help this troubled boy
From all the mess, I got myself into
You weren't proud of me
You were ashamed of me
You couldn't look me in the eyes and say
"I'm sorry that I failed you all the way"
[Bridge]
Now, I have a beer with my two brothers
Talkin' 'bout the years we never had
Still, no matter how I feel, I still don't understand
I wish I would have told you I forgive
Oh, I wish I could have told you that I forgive
[Chorus]
That you didn't want me
You didn't love me
You weren't there to help this troubled boy
From all the mess, I got myself into
You weren't proud of me
You were ashamed of me
You couldn't look me in the eyes and say
"I'm sorry that I failed you all the way"
[Outro]
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